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The Great Escape: The Reckoning (2009)
1 hour dramatised documentary in co-production with Brook Lapping Productions (UK) for ABC, Channel 4 (UK) and History Channel (UK)
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The true story of the hunt for the Nazi murderers of history's Great Escapers.
A small group of RAF Policemen plunge into the chaos of post-war Germany to hunt down the murderers of 50 Allied Airmen - Great Escapers from a prison camp in Nazi Germany.
In March 1944, 76 Allied Airmen broke out of Stalag Luft III, a prison camp in central Germany, in an action made famous by Hollywood movie, The Great Escape [1963]. Seventy-three of the Great Escapers were recaptured and then fifty of them were murdered by the Nazi secret police, the Gestapo. In retribution, an outraged British Government promised "exemplary justice". Three months after the war ended, Squadron Leader Frank McKenna took a small band of RAF Police into the chaos of post-war Germany and began to hunt down the men responsible.
The Great Escape: The Reckoning combines dramatic recreations of key moments in the investigation with revealing documentary commentary. Surviving Great Escapers and specialist historians outline the extraordinary details of the escape, the brave men who made it, and the brutal manner of their execution. And in a poignant and compelling interview, we hear from a 73 year old German woman, whose beloved father was one of the Gestapo officers hanged for the murders.
Awards:
Gold, Dramatised Documentaries, Jim Frater, 2009 Australian Cinematography Society Awards for Western Australia.
Golden Tripod, Dramatised Documentaries, Australian Cinematographers Society National Awards 2010.
Nominated for Best Historical Drama Production, History Makers 2011.