Digging the Great Escape Filming Locations
Where was Digging the Great Escape filmed? Digging the Great Escape was filmed in 1 locations across Poland in the following places:
Digging the Great Escape Filming Locations
Żagań is a town in western Poland, on the Bóbr river, with 25,731 inhabitants. The town is the capital of Żagań County in the historic region of Silesia. Previously in the Zielona Góra Voivodeship, Żagań has been in the Lubusz Voivodeship since 1999. The town hosts the Polish 11th Armoured Cavalry Division.
Digging the Great Escape (2011)
The classic movie "The Great Escape" was based on a real life escape attempt during the second world war. This documentary follows Archaeologists who are trying to find the original tunnels dug by the real prisoners of war who escaped. Some of the surviving prisoners also join the team to assist with the tunnel locations and to describe what it was really like to live that situation. In an effort to understand the technical details of how this feet of ingenuity was achieved, the team recreate some of the equipment used by the prisoners.