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  • Colditz The Traitor (Season 1, Episode 8)
  • TV Episode | Drama, History, War

Colditz

The Traitor (Season 1, Episode 8)
TV Episode | Drama, History, War

When several seemingly fool-proof escape attempts are thwarted by Ullmann, it seems likely that there is a traitor amongst the prisoners tipping the Germans off. After the various contingents are interrogated, the traitor is identified as ...See moreWhen several seemingly fool-proof escape attempts are thwarted by Ullmann, it seems likely that there is a traitor amongst the prisoners tipping the Germans off. After the various contingents are interrogated, the traitor is identified as a Pole who is court martialed and sentenced to death by his compatriots. Learning that he had been blackmailed by the Gestapo who would otherwise have taken reprisals on his family, Preston and the padre attempt to intervene for mercy but to no avail and ultimately Ullmann has to step in. Written by don @ minifie-1 See less
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Writers
P.R. Reid (autobiographical book "Colditz") | Ivan Foxwell (film "The Colditz Story") | John Brason (written by) | Brian Degas (series devised by) | Gerard Glaister (series devised by)
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Updated Dec 7, 1972

Release date
Dec 7, 1972 (United Kingdom)
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21 cast members
Name Known for
Robert Wagner
Flt. Lt. Phil Carrington Flt. Lt. Phil Carrington   See fewer
David McCallum
Flt. Lt. Simon Carter Flt. Lt. Simon Carter   See fewer
Edward Hardwicke
Capt. Pat Grant Capt. Pat Grant   See fewer
Jack Hedley
Lt. Col. John Preston Lt. Col. John Preston   See fewer
Paul Chapman
Capt. George Brent Capt. George Brent   See fewer
Richard Heffer
Capt. Tim Downing Capt. Tim Downing   See fewer
Peter Penry-Jones
P.O. Peter Muir P.O. Peter Muir   See fewer
Bernard Hepton
Kommandant Kommandant   See fewer
Hans Meyer
Hauptmann Franz Ulmann Hauptmann Franz Ulmann   See fewer
Anthony Jacobs
General Rawicz General Rawicz   See fewer
Vernon Morris
Soltizyk Soltizyk   See fewer
Robert Oleksowicz
Interpreter Interpreter   See fewer
Jan Conrad
Defence Counsel (as Jan Konrad) Defence Counsel (as Jan Konrad)   See fewer
Milos Kirek
Prosecutor Prosecutor   See fewer
Donald Tandy
Senior French Officer Senior French Officer   See fewer
Michael Harding
Senior Dutch Officer Senior Dutch Officer   See fewer
Mike Reynell
Prisoner of War (uncredited) Prisoner of War (uncredited)   See fewer
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