Introduction
Colditz is a British television drama series co-produced by the BBC and Universal Studios and screened between 1972 and 1974.
Outline
Major Mohn is left in charge of the camp as the Kommandant is called away to yet another meeting. He is unsympathetic to Colonel Preston’s requests for more rations or the ability to keep animals for sustenance. On a visit to a pub in the town, he meets with a woman named Anna, apparently an old friend. She shows him her brother, recently arrived from the front through Dresden. The brother warns Mohn that he could meet a sticky end because of his involvement with the party (which is apparently deep, since he served on Hitler’s staff and reveals he knows about the Final Solution). While initially defiant, Mohn sees the writing on the wall and panics, returning to the camp and making cringeworthy attempts to endear himself to the prisoners. He simultaneously burns every bridge by blackmailing both Ulmann and the Kommandant, and the latter relieves him of all duty. When his last lifeline, Anna, rejects his plea for help since she is being watched, he makes his last bid for freedom prisoner-style.
Colditz Series
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Production & Filming Details
- Release Date: 18 March 1974.
- Rating: 12.
- Running Time: 50 minutes.
- Country: UK.
- Language: English.
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