You Are There The Escape of Rudolf Hess (Season 1, Episode 20)
TV Episode | Drama, History

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You Are There

The Escape of Rudolf Hess (Season 1, Episode 20)

TV Episode | Drama, History

Rudolf Hess escapes from Germany on May 10, 1941 and parachuted to safety in Scotland. He is convicted of war crimes at the Nuremberg Trials and imprisoned in Spandau Prison in West Berlin.

Writer

Jeremy Daniel

Producer

Charles Russell

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Edit Released

Updated Jun 14, 1953

Release date

Jun 14, 1953 (United States)

Awards

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Won 2 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 1 win & 4 nominations

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8 cast members

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Norman Barrs Actor Actor See fewer	The Yeomen of the Guard (1957)
Walter Cronkite Self - Host - Narrator Self - Host - Narrator See fewer	Liberty's Kids (2002)
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