THE GREAT ESCAPER (2023) - Trailer, Clips, Featurettes, Images and Posters

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"The Great Escaper" is a biogaphical drama directed by Oliver Parker ("Othello", "The Importance of Being Earnest") from a script by William Ivory ("Made in Dagenham") based on the true story of 90-year-old British World War II Royal Navy veteran Bernard Jordan, who in 2014 "escaped" from his nursing home to attend the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings in France.

The cast includes Michael Caine, Glenda Jackson, John Standing, Jackie Clune and Danielle Vitalis. The film was released in the United Kingdom on October 6, 2023, and marked Caine's retirement from acting. Jackson died in June 2023, nine months after filming wrapped. In the US it had its broadcast premiere on November 23, 2025 on PBS, and is also available via streaming on Apple TV and Amazon Prime Video

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"In the summer of 2014 -- the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings -- octogenarian Bernie Jordan (Michael Caine) made global headlines. He'd staged a "great escape" from his care home to join fellow war veterans on a beach in Normandy, commemorating their fallen comrades. It was a story that captured the imagination of the world -- Bernie seemed to embody the defiant, "can-do" spirit of a generation that was fast disappearing. But of course, it wasn’t the whole story. It was the story we all tell ourselves to make war and old age bearable. The bitter-sweet script explores the reality with wit and a very big heart. Bernie's adventure, spanning a mere 48 hours, also marked the culmination of his 60-year marriage to Irene (Glenda Jackson) -- the story celebrates their love without sentimentality and with an eye to the lessons we can all learn from the Greatest Generation."