One came through

This article describes the British war film from 1957; for the American drama, see The Irresistible (1991) .

Movie
German title	One came through
Original title	The One That Got Away
Country of production	Great Britain
original language	English
Publishing year	1957
length	106 minutes
Age rating	FSK 6
Rod
Director	Roy Ward Baker
script	Howard Clewes
production	Julian Wintle
music	Hubert Clifford
camera	Eric Cross
cut	Sidney Hayers
occupation
Hardy Krüger : Franz von Werra Michael Goodliffe : RAF interrogator Colin Gordon : Army interrogator Alec McCowen : Officer on duty in Hucknall Terence Alexander : RAF intelligence officer Jack Gwillim : Commander in Grizedale Andrew Faulds : Lieutenant in Grizedale Julian Somers : Ticket Seller Harry Lockart : Prisoner Gorge Mikell : Prisoner

One came through is a feature film about the story of the German pilot officer Franz von Werra . He was the only German soldier who was able to flee from British captivity and return home. The script is based on the nonfiction book The One That Got Away by Kendal Burt and James Leasor from 1956.

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The film is based on a true story: The Battle of Britain is 1,940 at its peak. The Messerschmitt Bf 109 from Franz von Werra was shot down, he is captured and English POW camp Grizedale Hall interned. The interrogation that follows can intimidate him, but it does not prevent him from achieving his only goal: to escape. He escapes twice, but is captured again and again. Then he is to be transferred to a prison camp in Canada. On the way there he manages to escape from the prisoner transport train. He made his way into the then still neutral USA.

In the end credits on the English-language text panels you can read that from there he came back to the German Reich via Central and South America, where he was again deployed as a fighter pilot. During a routine flight over the North Sea, he crashed due to engine failure. The plane and the remains of Werras were never found.

In the German off-commentary of the end credits, the panels are only partially translated. The tragic fate of the pilot is completely suppressed.

Reviews

"Excitingly staged war film, which in its quasi-documentary description of authenticated events remains relatively free of speculation and pathos."

- Lexicon of international film

Documentary film

In the Swiss-German documentary Von Werra (2002) by Werner Schweizer , both Hardy Krüger and director Roy Ward Baker remembers the shooting of the feature film.

literature

• Kendal Burt , James Leasor : The One That Got Away . Pen & Sword Military Classics, Barnsley 2006, 255 pages, ISBN 1-84415-437-8 (no German translation yet)

Web links

• One came through in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• One came through in the online film database
• One came through atRotten Tomatoes(English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ One came through. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .