Movie: "Von Werra" (2002)

[Fallschirmjaeger]

In 2002 a German documentary was made on RKT Franz von Werra, the LW pilot who was shot down in Sept of 1940 over Britain, was transferred to a POW camp in Canada, escaped to the US, and then to Mexico and a host of South American countries to finally make it back to Germany 6 months later.

I always liked that film and would not mind seeing it again too now as been some time,the documentry also i would have liked to have seen.After seeing the movie for the first time i was realy disapointed to see in the end of it and after all he did to get away and back to germany,that he died later on in action or a crash i think?.Had he stayed a P.O.W i suppose he could be alive still now maybe even.


Ok silly me did a little search and see he only had 21 victories,but then that would have been more had he gone through the whole war?.His plane crashed while on a rountine patrol when he suffered egine failure and"crashed into the sea north of Vlissingen(netherlands) and was killed,why he did not parachute out i dont know?,trapped,knocked out?.Allso more bad news that his plane and body where never found(maybe oned day they will?),also that he had married a girl he knew since before the war after shortly after coming back to germany after is escape.

http://www.luftwaffe.cz/werra.html

http://www.pegasusarchive.org/pow/franz_von_werra.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_von_Werra

[stonemint]

A nice publicity pic of Hardy Krueger as von Werra:

[Leroy]

Note the 3/4 ring RK..........

[petopoint]

must see

Sounds like a highly regarded 'must see' movie and documentary.
Thanks for the back story and availability.

[Josh Cowell]

He's the real deal, unlike John Wayne. Respekt!

[Remy Spezzano]

The DVD for "The One That Got Away" has been available for awhile now.
We sell it through my company website. http://www.rzm.com/videos/bb0686.cfm