quite simply one of the best

Rating: 9/10 (17 September 2006)

I love this movie more every time I see it. A perfect mix of British understatement and American pizazz. Wonderful acting throughout.
While the most famous scene is certainly Steve McQueen on his motorcycle (and it is funny to know he also played one of the Germans on motorcycles, chasing himself) my own favorite scene is the tunneling - brilliant sense of claustrophobia.
The scenes are very accurate - they used milk powder cans with broom handle to make scoops to dig with - and the trolleys are true to life. Anyone who likes this movie might like the book Under the Wire about an American involved in escaping from the same camp.