The true, dramatic story of franz von werra, the only german prisoner of war in britain to escape and return to his homeland'. '.strtoupper('t')he battle of britain is at its height'. '.strtoupper('o')ut of the vapour traced sky a messerschmitt spins and plunges onto british soil'. '.strtoupper('e')ven though the pilot is captured, he is extremely confident and an official interrogation does not deter him from his one objective to escape and return home against all the odds'. '.strtoupper('h')is bid for freedom takes him from england to canada and into the still neutral united states before making his way back to germany'. '.strtoupper('t')he one that got away stars hardy kruger a real life prisoner of war, who escaped from the americans on three occasions as the cocky and charismatic von werra'. '.strtoupper('r')unning time 104 minutes region region 2 release date 03 04 2006