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Overview

User Rating:
6.2/10   7,410 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Yabo Yablonsky (story) and
Djordje Milicevic (story) ...
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Release Date:
30 July 1981 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Their goal was freedom... more
Plot:
As allied POWs prepare for a soccer game against the German National Team to be played in Nazi-occupied Paris, the French Resistance and British officers are making plans for the team's escape. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
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(2 articles)
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Motivating Movie more (74 total)

Cast

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Sylvester Stallone ... Captain Robert Hatch

Michael Caine ... Capt. John Colby - The Players: England
Pelé ... Cpl. Luis Fernandez - Allied Soccer Player - The Players: Trinidad
Bobby Moore ... Terry Brady - Allied Soccer Player - The Players: England
Osvaldo Ardiles ... Carlos Rey - Allied Soccer Player - The Players: Argentina
Paul Van Himst ... Michel Fileu - The Players: Belgium
Kazimierz Deyna ... Paul Wolchek - The Players: Poland
Hallvar Thoresen ... Gunnar Hilsson - The Players: Norway
Mike Summerbee ... Sid Harmor - Allied Soccer Player - The Players: England
Co Prins ... Pieter Van Beck - The Players: Holland
Russell Osman ... Doug Clure - The Players
John Wark ... Arthur Hayes - The Players: Scotland
Søren Lindsted ... Erik Ball - Allied Soccer Player - The Players: Denmark
Kevin O'Callaghan ... Tony Lewis - Allied Goalkeeper - The Players: Ireland

Max von Sydow ... Major Karl Von Steiner - The Germans (as Max Von Sydow)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Escape to Victory (UK)
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Runtime:
116 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Trivia:
A three acre prison set was built in the grounds of the Allag Riding Stables on the outskirts of Budapest. 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?
Capt. John Colby - The Players: England: At the far post, facing the ball.
Hatch: Thanks. For a while there I thought you were keeping it a secret.
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Referenced in Comic Relief Does University Challenge (2003) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Symphony 5, 4th movement more

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5 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
Motivating Movie, 15 July 2003
Author: p_empi from Melbourne Australia

Many people have passed negative comments about this film.If you study it closely, though, you will notice many positive and original scenes.

The football is not exaggerated like many other sporting Movies.

I first saw it when it was released in 1981/82 and thought it was very good. As a War film it is only average, but as a Football spectacle it is very interesting. The fact that the makers used real life footballers, including the great man himself "Pele" is original. We are actually seeing first class football players do their stuff in a controlled Movie enviroment... Heck some of them even try to act!

I think Michael Caine and Sly would have enjoyed making this Movie.

The message from the Movie is that Football is a game which is understood by everyone and will always be played under any circumstances. It is the Universal game and always will be!

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