Escape to Victory

Escape to Victory (1981)

Now is the time for heroes.

My Rating		9.0
IMDb Rating		6.1 (2,963 votes)

Front Cover

Actor

Sylvester Stallone	The Players - U.S.A: Capt. Robert Hatch
Michael Caine	The Players - England: Capt. John Colby
Max von Sydow	Maj. Karl Von Steiner
Pelé	The Players - Brazil: Cpl. Luis Fernandez
Carole Laure	Renée
Bobby Moore	The Players - England: Terry Brady
Osvaldo Ardiles	The Players - Argentina: Carlos Rey
Paul Van Himst	The Players - Belgium: Michel Fileu
Kazimierz Deyna	The Players - Poland: Paul Wolchek
Hallvar Thorensen	The Players - Norway: Gunnar Hilsson
Mike Summerbee	The Players - England: Sid Harmor
Co Prins	The Players - Holland: Pieter Van Beck

Plot
As allied POWs prepare for a football game against the German National Team to be played in Nazi-occupied Paris.

Movie Details

Director	John Huston
Producer	Freddie Fields
Writer	Evan Jones; Yabo Yablonsky
Photography	Gerry Fisher
Musician	Bill Conti
Editing	Roberto Silvi
Costumes	Tom Bronson
Studio	Lorimar

Genre	War
Country	USA
Language	English
Movie Release Date	1981
Running Time	112 mins
Color	Color
Audience Rating	PG

Personal Details
Index	195
Collection Status	In Collection
Format	DVD
Viewing Date	2005
Purchase Date	2005
Purchase Price	49,00 zł
Condition	New
Store	OceanDVD.pl
Seen Where	Home
Location	Birmingham
Owner	Madzia & Wojtek

Product Details
Release Date	2005
No. of Disks	1
Packaging	Keep Case
Region	Region 2 Region 5
Screen Ratio	2.40 (16:9) Anamorphic
Layers	Single Side, Dual Layer
Chapters	31
Audio Tracks	Dolby Digital Mono 1.0 - Spanish Dolby Surround 2.0 - English Dolby Surround 2.0 - German
Subtitles	Czech; Danish; English; English for the hearing impaired; Finnish; German; German for the hearing impaired ; Greek; Hebrew; Hungarian; Polish; Portuguese; Spanish; Swedish; Turkish
DVD Options	Interactive Menus Scene Selection

Extra Features

Theatrical Trailer

Fun Stuff

Trivia: The movie was inspired by an actual series of games in Kiev, during the German occupation of the city. Several members of Dynamo Kiev, the top soccer team in Ukraine, found work in a bakery. There they formed a soccer team with other bakery employees. They began playing in a new league against teams supported by the Ukranian puppet government and German military. After they beat a team from a local German Air Force base, the league was disbanded and several of the team members arrested by the Gestapo and four were executed. (more)

Goofs: Miscellaneous: Assorted anachronisms and factual errors relating to the rules of Association Football. (more)

Quotes:
[Just before the football match]
Hatch: Where do I stand for a corner kick?
(more)

Awards: 1 nomination (more)

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