“Historical Accuracy is out the window. Today they’d probably cast Steve McQueen’s character in The Great Escape as a Japanese lesbian.”
McQueen’s character was invented as far as I am aware.
McQueen’s character was invented as far as I am aware.
................................. ????? There is a motorcycle monument located in the square in Sagan, I don’t know if it was attributed to Mc Queen or the real person who rode it. BTW,FYI, The Luftwaffe POW camp even had a small golf course that was put together by the POWs.
No McQueen’s part was a real person...
“McQueen’s character was invented as far as I am aware.”
Was everyone else in the movie an actual historical individual?
Probably not.
McQUeen’s character was historically plausible. A Japanese lesbian would not have been.
Neither could Denzel Washington or Demi Moore cast as British infantry officers in Dunkirk be considered ‘historically accurate’.
If I remember this right the real Great Escape was an all UK/Commonwealth affair.