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5.4/10   1,310 votes
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Director:

George P. Cosmatos

Writers:

Edward Anhalt (screenplay)
George P. Cosmatos (story)
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Release Date:

6 June 1979 (USA) more

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | War more

Tagline:

The patriot, the professor, the comic and the stripper, were fighting for what they believed in. Getting rich!

Plot:

During the World War II, the prisoners of a German camp in a greek island are trying to escape. They don't want only their freedom... more | add synopsis

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Film Junk Podcast Episode #233: Summer Recap and Fall Preview
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User Comments:

Come on guys; it was pretty enjoyable!! more (23 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Roger Moore ... Major Otto Hecht

Telly Savalas ... Zeno

David Niven ... Professor Blake

Claudia Cardinale ... Eleana
Stefanie Powers ... Dottie Del Mar

Richard Roundtree ... Nat Judson
Sonny Bono ... Bruno Rotelli

Elliott Gould ... Charlie

Anthony Valentine ... SS Major Volkmann
Siegfried Rauch ... Braun
Michael Sheard ... Sergeant Mann
Richard Wren ... Reistoffer
Philip Locke ... Vogel
Steve Ubels ... Lantz
Paul Picerni
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Additional Details

Runtime:

125 min | Sweden:119 min | Argentina:120 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Australia:M | Norway:16 | Argentina:13 | Finland:K-16 | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) (1986) | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Greece more


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

Philip Locke was dubbed by Michael Sheard. more

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: A control room could not survive with an open window immediately behind a launching rocket. more

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Hollywood and the Muslim World (2003) (TV) more

Soundtrack:

Keep Tomorrow For Me more


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5 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
Come on guys; it was pretty enjoyable!!, 20 April 2008
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Author: Patricia Hammond from London

This film came free with today's paper, so perhaps I'm in an indulgent frame of mind. However, much as I admire the wit shown by IMDb members in panning this film, I have to disagree with them. Escape to Athena is a very enjoyable romp indeed, with all sorts of excellent stylistic touches, some really gratifying explosions, humour that is a trifle dated but not so bad if you lean back and accept it, and an interesting plot. I don't know why people require a movie to go all the way in one direction, ie be edge-of-the-seat suspense, or cataclysmic tragedy, or roll-in-the-aisles hilarious, or weepie romantic etc. etc. Why can't it be a bit of everything? I think we're far too used to the extremes that have become fashionable of late. Forget Daniel Day-Lewis bursting a vein, if just for one evening. You'll feel better for it. However, Telly really can't dance. That I must agree with.

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