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Released
2002 · FILM

Hart's War

A determined WWII colonel imprisoned in a German POW camp teams with a young lieutenant to outwit their captors and orchestrate a daring escape that could change the tide of the war.

“Beyond courage, beyond honor.”

Directed by
Gregory Hoblit, Darrin Brown
Written by
John Katzenbach, Billy Ray
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
125 min
DramaWar

Synopsis

Colonel William McNamara is imprisoned in a German POW camp and stripped of his freedom, but remains determined to continue the fight from behind enemy lines. With the assistance of a young lieutenant, he devises a bold plan to undermine his captors. McNamara risks everything in an effort to free his fellow prisoners and alter the course of the war.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 241+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by David RosenbloomShot by Alar KiviloScored by Rachel PortmanDesigned by Lilly KilvertSound by Jessica BellfortCostumes by Elisabetta BeraldoStunts by Bud DavisVFX by Scott Dougherty

Box Office

2002 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.5× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$32.3M

Budget$70.0M
Worldwide gross$32.3M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $19.1M — 59% of worldwide · International: $13.2M (41%)

Also known as

  • Das Tribunalde
  • Mission Évasionfr
  • Sotto corte marzialeit
  • (Bulgarian)Войната на Харт
Release dates around the world5 countries · show
  • United StatesFeb 15, 2002
  • CzechiaApr 4, 2002
  • New ZealandApr 4, 2002
  • SlovakiaApr 4, 2002
  • TaiwanApr 4, 2002

Companies

ProductionCheyenne Enterprises, David Foster Productions, David Ladd Films, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
DistributionMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation (MGM), MGM Home Entertainment, 20th Century Fox India
Special effectsArea 51, Available Light Productions, Boy Wonder Visual Effects, Cinesite Digital Laboratory, Digital Filmworks
Other companiesAmerican Red Cross, Barrandov Studios, Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment, Das Musikkorps Leibstandarte-SS "Adolf Hitler, Decca Records

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