In 1962 Walter Riml was engaged as the chief of the 2nd unit camerateam. The film was directed and produced by John Sturges. The screenplay was written by James Clavell. The team filmed on locations in the Bavaria Studios Munich, around Munich and on several locations in the Allgäu (Pfronten, Füssen, Schwangau, ect). A lot of very famous stars like Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, James Garner, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Donald Pleasence and Gordon Jackson were engaged. The film tells the real story about an escape by allied prisoners of war from a German POW camp during WW II. Until today fans all around the world are excited about the story, the perfect photography and the brilliant actors.

We´re really happy that we have negatives of the shooting, several documents and the screenplay in Walter Rimls estate.

Due to the 50th anniversary of the release of the film „The Great Escape“ we decided to publish some of the private photographs taken by cameraman Walter Riml during the shooting of “The Great Escape” in 1962.
Apart from these photographs, our book also includes several written documents from the film’s production, such as daily plans, accommodation registers of the staff and excerpts from the screenplay, all part of Walter Riml’s estate. It also contents personal memories of actors like Lawrence Montaigne and Karl-Otto Alberty.

Written in German and English, we´re sure that our book is very interesting for every fan of the film ´cause it gives a fascinating insight into a “Behind the scenes” look at the film “The Great Escape”.

„ Behind the scenes... THE GREAT ESCAPE “,
The photographs of cameraman Walter Riml
Editor: Helma Türk & Dr. Christian Riml/ House Publication 2013
Paperback,155 pages, 148 photos & documents, some colored/ German/English
Price 28 .- € + postage and shipping 5.- , shipping to USA 8,- €

Please write a mail if you want to order this book: camera@walter-riml.at