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Escape to Victory
A group of POWs in a German prison camp during World War II play the German National Soccer Team in this powerful film depicting the role of prisoners during wartime.
1981 · Directed by John Huston · 116 min · Drama · War · 10 frames
Tagline
Now is the time for heroes.
Crew
- Screenplay: Evan Jones, Yabo Yablonsky
- Cinematography: Gerry Fisher
- Edited by: Roberto Silvi
- Music: Bill Conti
- Production design: J. Dennis Washington
- Produced by: Freddie Fields
Cast
- Sylvester Stallone as Captain Robert Hatch
- Michael Caine as Captain John Colby
- Max von Sydow as Major Karl von Steiner
- Pelé as Cpl. Luis Fernandez, Brazil
- Daniel Massey as Colonel Waldron
- Tim Pigott-Smith as Rose
- Maurice Roëves as Pyrie
- Julian Curry as Shurlock
- Clive Merrison as The Forger
- Bobby Moore as Terry Brady, England
Production
- Country: Italy, United Kingdom, United States of America, Hungary
- Language: English, German, French
- Studios: Victory Company, New Gold Entertainment, Lorimar Motion Pictures
- Budget: $10,000,000
- Box office: $27,453,418
- Themes: nazi, escape, sports, world war ii, football (soccer)
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