The One That Got Away
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The One That Got Away is a 1957 World War II film starring Hardy Krüger. The script was based on the 1956 book of the same name by Kendall Burt and James Leasor.
The film is based on the true story of Oberleutnant Franz von Werra who was shot down during the Battle of Britain and captured soon afterwards. Sent to a POW camp in the north of England, he made a number of escape attempts, on one occasion getting as far as the cockpit of an aircraft he was trying to steal, passing himself off as a Dutch pilot on a secret mission. He was then sent to Canada, where he managed to escape from a heavily guarded train, and walked overland to the border with America, which was still neutral. From there, he returned to Germany, the only German POW to do so.
Von Werra did not survive the war. On a routine flight his plane crashed into the sea north of Vlissingen in Holland, probably due to engine failure. Neither Von Werra's body nor the aircraft were found.
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