The Great Escaper
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1 HOUR 36 MINS
Comedy drama
Biography
Bernard Jordan, a World War II veteran, sneaks out of his care home to attend the 70th anniversary commemoration of the D-Day landings in Normandy.
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2023 Movie
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Matt Roush says...
Anyone who has ever visited the beaches of Normandy, haunted by history, can attest to the power of that experience. For Bernard Jordan, a survivor of D-Day in 1944, it’s extremely personal. In a poignant film presented by Masterpiece, film legend Michael Caine (who subsequently retired from acting) stars opposite the late Glenda Jackson (in her final film appearance) as 90-year-old Bernard, who inadvertently makes global headlines when he leaves his nursing home, at the urging of his ailing wife Irene (Jackson), to travel on his own to Normandy, France, for the 70th anniversary commemoration of the D-Day landings. Along the way, he encounters great kindness while wrestling with memories of that tragic yet triumphant invasion. It’s a journey you won’t soon forget.
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