Cast and Crew of The Great Escaper

Cast of
The Great Escaper

About The Great Escaper

In the summer of 2014 - the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings - octogenarian Bernie Jordan 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 Rene – the story celebrates their love without sentimentality and with an eye to the lessons we can all learn from the Greatest Generation.

Full Cast of The Great Escaper

Michael Caine
plays Bernard Jordan

Michael Caine as Bernard Jordan

Sir Michael Caine CBE (born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Jr.; 14 March 1933) is an English actor. Known for his distinc...

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Glenda Jackson
plays Irene Jordan

Danielle Vitalis
plays Adele

Victor Oshin
plays Scott

Will Fletcher
plays Young Bernard

Laura Marcus
plays Young Irene

Elliot Norman

John Standing

John Standing

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Sir John Ronald Leon, 4th Baronet (born 16 August 1934) is an English actor a...

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Wolf Kahler

Wolf Kahler

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Wolf Kahler (3 April 1940) is a German actor born in Kiel. Since 1975, he ha...

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Crew of The Great Escaper

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