The Great Escaper

Based on the true story of Bernard Jordan who, in the summer of 2014 made global headlines staging a ‘great escape’ from his care home to join fellow war veterans on a beach in Normandy, commemorating their fallen comrades at the D-Day Landings 70th Anniversary. Starring Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson, Oliver Parker’s film explores the story behind the headline that captured the imagination of the world.