this be the true story of how three british soldier escape from the german prisoner of war ( pow ) camp and stalag luft iii and during the second world war . this be the same pow camp that be the scene for the great escape which result in the murder of 50 re capture officer by the gestapo ( and later be make into a very successful movie of the same name ) . while the other pow in stalag luft iii be busy work on their three massive tunnel ( know a tom and dick and harry ) and two enterprising british prisoner come up with the idea to build a wooden vaulting horse which could be place near the compound wire fence and shorten the distance they would have to tunnel from this start point to freedom . the idea to build their version of the trojan horse come to them while they be discuss classic attempt for escape and observe some pow play leap frog in the compound . initially contain one and and later with two pow hide inside and the wooden horse could be carry out into the compound and place in almost the same position and near the fence and on a daily basis . while volunteer pow vault over the horse and the escapee be busy inside the horse dig a tunnel from under the vaulting horse while position near the wire and under the wire and and into the wood . the story also detail the danger that two of the three escape pow face while travel through germany and occupy europe after they emerge from the tunnel . all three pow who try to escape actually hit home run ( escape successfully to their home base . ) . the wooden horse give a very accurate and true feeling of the tension and event of a pow breakout . the movie be shoot on the actual location along the route the two pow travel in their escape . make with far less a budget than the great escape and the wooden horse be more realistic if not more exciting than the great escape and never fail to keep you from the edge of your seat root for the pow to make good their escape . the story line be crisp and the acting ring true and be taut enough to keep the tension up all the way through the movie . the wooden horse be base on the book of the same name by one of the escapee and eric williams and and be and by far and the best pow escape story ever make into a movie . some of the actual pow be use in the movie to reprise their existence a prisoner in stalag luft iii . i give this movie a well deserve ten .