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Mot de passe: courage

Original title: The Password Is Courage
  • 1962
  • Approved
  • 1h 56m
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6.8/10
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Dirk Bogarde and Maria Perschy in Mot de passe: courage (1962)
British N.C.O. Sergeant Major Charles Coward (Sir Dirk Bogarde) escapes from the Stalag VIII-B P.O.W. camp, and is mistakenly awarded with the Iron Cross by the Germans.
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British N.C.O. Sergeant Major Charles Coward (Sir Dirk Bogarde) escapes from the Stalag VIII-B P.O.W. camp, and is mistakenly awarded with the Iron Cross by the Germans.British N.C.O. Sergeant Major Charles Coward (Sir Dirk Bogarde) escapes from the Stalag VIII-B P.O.W. camp, and is mistakenly awarded with the Iron Cross by the Germans.British N.C.O. Sergeant Major Charles Coward (Sir Dirk Bogarde) escapes from the Stalag VIII-B P.O.W. camp, and is mistakenly awarded with the Iron Cross by the Germans.

  • Director
    • Andrew L. Stone
  • Writers
    • Andrew L. Stone
    • John Castle
  • Stars
    • Dirk Bogarde
    • Maria Perschy
    • Alfred Lynch
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    • Director
      • Andrew L. Stone
    • Writers
      • Andrew L. Stone
      • John Castle
    • Stars
      • Dirk Bogarde
      • Maria Perschy
      • Alfred Lynch
    • 51User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Dirk Bogarde
    Dirk Bogarde
    • Sergeant-Major Charles Coward
    Maria Perschy
    Maria Perschy
    • Irena
    Alfred Lynch
    Alfred Lynch
    • Cpl. Bill Pope
    Nigel Stock
    Nigel Stock
    • Cole
    Reginald Beckwith
    Reginald Beckwith
    • Unterofficer
    Richard Marner
    Richard Marner
    • Schmidt
    Ed Devereaux
    Ed Devereaux
    • Aussie
    Lewis Fiander
    Lewis Fiander
    • Pringle
    George Mikell
    • Necke
    Richard Carpenter
    Richard Carpenter
    • Robinson
    Bernard Archard
    Bernard Archard
    • 1st Prisoner of War
    Ferdy Mayne
    Ferdy Mayne
    • 1st German Officer at French Farm
    George Pravda
    George Pravda
    • 2nd German Officer at French Farm
    Olaf Pooley
    Olaf Pooley
    • German Doctor
    Michael Mellinger
    Michael Mellinger
    • Feldwebel
    Colin Blakely
    Colin Blakely
    • 1st German Goon
    Margaret Whiting
    • French Farmwoman
    Mark Eden
    Mark Eden
    • 2nd Prisoner of War
    • Director
      • Andrew L. Stone
    • Writers
      • Andrew L. Stone
      • John Castle
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    8AlsExGal

    Very entertaining and very much like "The Great Escape"

    Not just very much like The Great Escape - both films shared prisoners using the same techniques for obtaining materials, tunneling, disposal of dirt from the tunnel, hiding the tunnel entrance under stoves & the same slight issue with the tunnel exit.

    I'd not seen this Borgarde film before TCM aired it, so it was startling how many plot similarities it shared with it's much more well known compatriot - I understand that both were in production around the same time (though Courage came out first), so neither were remakes of the other, but whether both referenced the same source material (Courage was apparently derived from the memoirs of Sgt Major Charles Coward), I'm not sure.

    A side note: Anyone familiar with railways in England in the 60's will quickly notice that all the railway scenes in Courage, while supposed to be in continental Europe, were clearly filmed in England with a few cosmetic tweaks (German signage, smoke deflectors on the steam locomotives) to try to disguise things. The film also originally had a sequence representing events at Auschwitz, that was pulled at some point - presumably for being too dark a subject matter. You can still tell where this sequence was intended to be, as a narrative piece alludes to it, but the film immediately moves on.
    6anthonyrwaldman

    still worth seeing

    I First saw this film on its release in 1962. Unfortunalely, I had read John Castle's biography of sargant- major Charles Coward before I saw the film. A large section of the book deals with Coward's attempts to help Jews escape from the Auchwitz death camp. The film dealt with this by having a five minute segment where Henry Piek's drawings of the horrors of Auchwitz are shown with Dirk Bogarde giving a voice over commentary. Well, at least it was a film that mentioned the Hollocaust . A very rear thing in the early 1960's. I saw this film again just recently on television and the Auchwitz segment had been edited out of the film. So, now the film is just another Second World War adventure movie along with an unlikely romantic interest that was not in the biography (Coward was married and very much devoted to his wife). But, there is something about this film that makes it different from other British war time escape films. It is about ordinary soldiers and not officers. These soldiers have been put to work by the Germans and the p.o.w. camps do not have the air of the British public school. These other ranks do not just try to escape but commit dangerous acts of sabotage. Therefore, on the whole this film is still worth seeing. It it was great to see the wonderful Dirk Bogarde playing a cockney character part that he does so well.
    7Boba_Fett1138

    I enjoyed it! A great light-movie to watch.

    Of course this movie is being often compared to "The Great Escape". The similarities between the story lines are striking and some of the sequences are almost exactly the same. Only keep in mind that this movie was actually released a year before the great escape and this movie its story is based on the real events as lived by Charles Coward, who also served as a consultant for this movie, while "The Great Escape" is based on a totally other true story.

    The movie is not an heavy confronting WW II POW movie. Instead its more of a comedy at times with almost slapstick like events and characters. It does make the movie a bit unbalanced and silly to watch but for me it also made the movie very light and easy. I'm not really sure though what for a movie this was supposed to be; A comedy or a drama. It's too incoherent and unbalanced to really say.

    The movie is obviously low-budget but they used some creative solutions to hide this, in the movie.

    The main character is really fascinating. He is being played by Dirk Bogarde, who of course is always a pleasure to see as the main lead, regardless of the role he plays. The rest of the characters are a bit muddled in and simply not interesting enough. The movie also changes often of setting with as a result that new characters get introduced and old ones abandoned.

    All in all its not a terribly memorable movie and certainly no classic. The movie is too incoherent for that and the most of the character too uninteresting. Nevertheless this is a great movie to kill some time with. Nothing heavy, just some good old fashioned light-entertainment, with some good moments. Worth seeing if you get the chance.

    7/10

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    hbc1949

    A good war movie

    A poor man's "Great Escape", perhaps, but done in 1962 (a year before Steve and the gang) and the similarities are wild! The dirt disposal in the recreation yard; coming up 40 feet short of the woods as they tunnel; the capture at the train station......just who was doing the copying? Great Escape was big budget with great music. "Password" is lower in key but very entertaining...and both were based on real events and people. Plus....Bogarde's character lived, unlike "X" in Great Escape.
    7jotix100

    Stalag VIII

    This rarely seen film was presented on cable recently. In a way, this is a story that has been done before. The best thing about it is how well the copy that was shown has been kept. The black and white photography of David Boulton still looks fresh. Andrew L. Stone adapted the material as well as directed it.

    Most comments seem to be divided as to this version being a carbon copy of "The Great Escape", or "Hogan Heroes", in a way, it kept reminding us of "Stalag 17", which was the basis for the television series. While the movie is not up to the above mentioned models, it shows a more realistic approach to the insanity of war and the humor the British prisoners brought to their predicament.

    One thing comes clear, Dirk Bogarde was brilliant in his portrayal of Sgt. Maj. Charles Coward, a man that played a game of cat and mouse with his Nazi captors. Coward seemed to know how to escape from the Germans, only to end up being taken prisoner again, and again. He even finds love with a partisan girl during the time of war!

    The film was obviously shot is England. Evidently, this was a low budget effort, and it shows. Had it been a Hollywood production, it would have been blown out of proportion, but what we really enjoy from "The Password is Courage" is the bonding one watches among all the prisoners.

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    • Trivia
      Nigel Stock, who plays Cole, mentions digging the tunnel 25 feet deep to stay hidden from the microphones. In La grande évasion (1963), he played Cavendish, the surveyor, who miscalculated the length of the tunnel.
    • Goofs
      When Sergeant Major Coward is discussing linking up with the Polish Underground, he is told that the agent is an optician somewhere in Poland, in Breslau. Breslau was, in fact, a German city and did not become Polish until after WWII when the boundaries of Poland were shifted westwards and the name changed to Wroclaw.
    • Quotes

      Narrator: There's a man named Charlie Coward, an ordinary soldier with an ordinary background. But sometimes there's a man that stands out from the crowd. He's more resourceful, more daring and more determined than the others. Sergeant-Major Coward was one of these - this is his story.

    • Crazy credits
      Opening credits: Certain of the characters depicted in this photoplay are fictitious and any similarity between such characters and actual persons is purely coincidental.
    • Alternate versions
      The original cinema version of Mot de passe: courage (1962) contained a sequence set in Auschwitz Concentration Camp, illustrated by drawings. This sequence has been cut from television broadcast prints, but a credit for the drawings remains listed in the film credits.
    • Connections
      References Oh, Mr. Porter! (1937)
    • Soundtracks
      I've Got Sixpence
      (uncredited)

      Written by Elton Box, Lawrence Hall and Desmond Cox

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    • Release date
      • July 31, 1964 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • German
    • Also known as
      • The Password Is Courage
    • Filming locations
      • London Bridge station, Southwark, London, England, UK(Terminus where Dirk Bogarde and Maria Perschy disembark from their train)
    • Production company
      • Andrew L. Stone Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 56 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White

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