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Victory (1981) 6.4
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. Director:John Huston |
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Cast
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| Michael Caine | ... |
Capt. John Colby - The Players: England
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Cpl. Luis Fernandez - Allied Soccer Player - The Players: Brazil
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Bobby Moore | ... |
Terry Brady - Allied Soccer Player - The Players: England
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Osvaldo Ardiles | ... |
Carlos Rey - Allied Soccer Player - The Players: Argentina
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Paul Van Himst | ... |
Michel Fileu - The Players: Belgium
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Kazimierz Deyna | ... |
Paul Wolchek - The Players: Poland
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Hallvar Thoresen | ... |
Gunnar Hilsson - The Players: Norway
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Mike Summerbee | ... |
Sid Harmor - Allied Soccer Player - The Players: England
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Co Prins | ... |
Pieter Van Beck - The Players: Holland
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Russell Osman | ... |
Doug Clure - The Players: England
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John Wark | ... |
Arthur Hayes - The Players: Scotland
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Søren Lindsted | ... |
Erik Ball - Allied Soccer Player - The Players: Denmark
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Kevin O'Callaghan | ... |
Tony Lewis - Allied Goalkeeper - The Players: Ireland
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Major Karl Von Steiner - The Germans
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In World War II, a group of Nazi officers come up with a propaganda event in which an all star Nazi team will play a team composed of Allied Prisoners of War in a Soccer (Football) game. The Prisoners agree, planning on using the game as a means of escape from the camp. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
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Now is the time for heroes. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
30 July 1981 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Escape a la victoria See more »Company Credits
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Color (Metrocolor)Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1
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Hatch: What am I supposed to do, break back into the camp?
André - The French: No. You get captured.
Hatch: Get captured. All right, suppose I get captured? And then they send me to the wrong prisoner camp. What about that?
André - The French: No, no.
Hatch: Now, what about that?
André - The French: [tsks and shakes his head] The Germans will take you to the same place again to show the other prisoners you are not a success.
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Did You Know?
Trivia
One of this movie's main posters shows the left and right red sleeve arms of Michael Caine and Sylvester Stallone respectively pushed-upwards stretching from their red soccer guernseys and symbolic of a goal victory, forming a V-shape signifying the V of the word Victory, this being the movie's title. See more »Goofs
During the match an injured POW player is taken off by stretcher and another player puts on a shirt to replace him. Substitutes were not introduced in this way until 1953; until that point, a "substitute" was a player who stood in for another who had failed to turn up for the game and players were not replaced once the match was underway. See more »Quotes
[Hatch has been told he has to return to the prison camp]Hatch: What am I supposed to do, break back into the camp?
André - The French: No. You get captured.
Hatch: Get captured. All right, suppose I get captured? And then they send me to the wrong prisoner camp. What about that?
André - The French: No, no.
Hatch: Now, what about that?
André - The French: [tsks and shakes his head] The Germans will take you to the same place again to show the other prisoners you are not a success.
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This is the antithesis to the "chick-flick" and up there with the great "male bonding" cameraderie movies such as "great Escape" and "The Man Who Would Be King", and let's not exclude "The Longest Yard". Best scene by far in the movie is Pele's jaw-dropping upside-down kick, followed by Max Von Sydow's sportsmanlike and awestruck applause, followed by glares of hatred from his German brethren. I can guarantee you that that scene is worth the price of the admission(video rental) alone. As far as the non-soccer star cast goes, Michael Caine more than compensates for Sylvester Stallone, and the rest do a credible job, with highest marks to Von Sydow as a 'good guy' on the other side.