The Wooden Horse tells the true story of the escape in Summer 1943 of three English prisoners from Stalag Luft III – a Luftwaffe-run prisoner of war camp for Allied aircrew during World War II – using a vaulting horse to hide their tunnel.
The action only really becomes compelling outside Stalag Luft III as the escapees make for the coast.
Based on the novel by Flight Lieutenant Eric Williams – one of the three real prisoners who escaped – the film was made mostly in Germany and Denmark, with the help of the British War Office and Air Ministry, and of Danish and German civilians.
Peter Howard
Leo Genn
Phil Rowe
David Tomlinson
John Clinton
Anthony Steel
Bennett
David Greene
Nigel
Peter Burton
GC Wardley
Patrick Waddington
Robbie
Michael Goodliffe
Pomfret
Anthony Dawson
Paul
Bryan Forbes
David
Dan Cunningham
Bill White
Philip Dale
“Wings” Cameron
Russell Waters
Commandant
Franz Schafheitlin
Charlie
Hans Meyer
Kamma
Lis LØwert
André
Jacques Brunius
Sigmund
Helge Erickssen
Director
Jack Lee
