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The Great Escaper

In cinemas 6 October 2023

In the summer of 2014, Bernard Jordan (Michael Caine) made global headlines. He had staged a β€œgreat escape” from his care home to join fellow war veterans on a beach in Normandy, commemorating their fallen comrades at the D-Day Landings 70th anniversary.

It was a story that captured the imagination of the world as Bernie embodied the defiant, β€œcan-do” spirit of a generation that was fast disappearing. But of course, it wasn’t the whole story. It was an inspirational but sanitised retelling of one man’s need to come to terms with the lasting trauma of war.

Bernie’s adventure, spanning a mere 48 hours, also marked the culmination of his 60-year marriage to Rene (Glenda Jackson) – THE GREAT ESCAPER celebrates their enduring love but always with an eye to the lessons we might learn from the Greatest Generation.

Director:

Oliver Parker

Screenplay:

William Ivory

Starring:

Michael Caine, Glenda Jackson, John Standing, Danielle Vitalis, Will Fletcher, Laura Marcus

Producers:

Robert Bernstein, Douglas Rae

Executive Producers:

Cameron McCracken, Eva Yates

Sales agent:

Pathé

Distributors:

Pathé (UK)

Credits summary:

PATHÉ and ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ FILM present an ECOSSE FILMS Production in Co-Production with FILM i VÄST and FILMGATE FILMS

Certificate:

12A

Running time:

96 minutes

Released:

6 October 2023

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