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The Great Escaper

The Great Escaper2023

★6.696 minHistoryDramaWar

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.

Director

Writer

Score

Craig Armstrong

Stars

Michael Caine Glenda Jackson John Standing

Cast43

Michael Caine
as Bernard Jordan
Glenda Jackson
as Irene Jordan
John Standing
as Arthur
Will Fletcher
as Young Bernard
Laura Marcus
as Young Irene
Victor Oshin
as Scott
Danielle Vitalis
as Adele
Joe Bone
as Tim
Donald Sage Mackay
as Nathan
Carlyss Peer
as Vicky
Ian Conningham
as LCT Commander Parker
Wolf Kahler
as Heinrich
Kiera Bell
as Young Tour Guide
E
Elliot Norman
as Douglas Bennet
Alex Skarbek
as Maurice (Patron)
V
Valerie Sarruf
as Little Old French Lady
Graeme Dalling
as Cyclist
Simon Darwen
as Male TV Announcer
I
Imman Zaffrani
as Sandy
B
Bhawna Bhawshar
as Reporter
Huw Edwards
as Self (Archive Footage)
Barack Obama
as Self (Archive Footage)
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
as Self (Archive Footage)
Geoffrey Lumb
as Doctor Saunders
M
Myles Olofin
as Cyclist
Ann Queensberry
as Edith
Jackie Clune
as Judith Cook
Brennan Reece
as Martin Roberts
E
Elkie Kristine Jeffery
as A Candy Girl
D
Deborah Rose Watt
as A Candy Girl
F
Freyja Jane Barter
as A Candy Girl
Paul Bigley
as Band Leader
I
Isabella Domville
as Susan Everard
Dan Fredenburgh
as Police Sergeant
S
Stephen Leask
as Police Officer Robert
B
Bhawna Bhawsar
as Reporter
H
Hope Jones
as Factory Girl
R
Ross Carter
as Normandy Tourist (uncredited)
D
David Evestaff
as Interviewer (uncredited)
J
Jeanette Maskell
as Ferry Passenger (uncredited)
Mark Anthony O'Neill
as Dancer (uncredited)
P
Paul Olding
as Gendarme (uncredited)
Peter Theobalds
as Mouthy Paparazzi (uncredited)

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