Did you notice?
In the scene where MacDonald is testing Haynes in case he was stopped for questioning, MacDonald admonishes him for forgetting to respond in German. When it was MacDonald who responded "Thank you" in English to the Gestapo agent wishing him "Good Luck". That's what got them caught. Ironic.
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16JellyBeans
And did you know, rixter, that this was not a screenwriter's invention, but actually happened? The Frenchman Bernard Scheidhauer, the youngest of the Great Escapers, was accompanying Roger Bushell (on whom Roger Bartlett was based) when he made the mistake at a border crossing.
The Great Escape
Released: July 03, 1963
Synopsis:
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.