The Great Escaper
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WETA+In the summer of 2014, a World War II veteran sneaks out of his care home to attend the 70th anniversary commemoration of the D-Day landings in Normandy.
PBS MasterpieceWETA+In the summer of 2014, a World War II veteran sneaks out of his care home to attend the 70th anniversary commemoration of the D-Day landings in Normandy.
The U.K. film premiering Sunday on PBS Masterpiece is based on the true story of a veteran, played by Michael Caine, who leaves his nursing home to travel to a D-Day reunion in France.
But in fact, the film is unexpectedly melancholic in approach, with Caine delivering a gruffly heartbreaking performance as a man belatedly confronting crippling survivor’s guilt and the ... But in fact, the film is unexpectedly…
The two British icons bring a huge amount of joy to the heartwarming true story of Bernard Jordan, the 89-year-old veteran who snuck off to ... He was dubbed “the great escaper” in the press although then, as now, the care home insisted…
