The Great Escaper

In the summer of 2014, the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings, 89-year-old 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.

Starring Michael Caine, Glenda Jackson and John Standing.
Directed by Oliver Parker.