When a high-ranking war planner is captured and held in a German prisoner of war camp, a team of specialists take on the dangerous mission of trying to break him out. Trouble is, he doesn't want to be rescued.
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Kelvin Fletcher Christos Lawton Audrey L'Ebrellec Samantha Coughlan Ryan Winsley Tim Berrington Nick Harris Guy Faulkner Antonio Bustorff Alastair Kirton Richard Touch Sammy Measom Nicholas Benjamin Patrick Capaloff-Fowler Tom Taplin Eleanor Grace Geir Madland Mick Beirne Liam Gayfer Fabio Goutet Alex Mole Adam Braddock Matt Welham Leo Wherrett Neale Ricotti
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