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The Cowra Breakout (1984) - film poster, directed by Phillip Noyce

The Cowra Breakout

1984
250 min Australia Feature
Directed by
Phillip Noyce
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Synopsis

In August 1944, 1104 Japanese prisoners of war at the Australian POW camp at Cowra stage a mass breakout. Four guards are killed in the escape, and 231 prisoners die by wounds sustained or suicide, while 334 prisoners are recaptured over the subsequent nine days.

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IMDb tt0135848
TMDB 520499

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