 CHAR: We learned from escape plan in the beginning of the movie,  that the Stalag 7 prison camp is located on the river Danube near  Linz, which is on the Austrian and German Border. Later in the  movie, when the prisoners are watching the women in the Russian  compound, Cookie claimed, that on a clear day, you could see the  Swiss Alps with this telescope. Nobody could see the Swiss Alps with  even the best telescope, from this point of view, because the  Austrain Alps would definitely be in the way.