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Escape to Victory is a 1981 drama, war, and prison film directed by John Huston. The English-language movie stars Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine, Pelé, and Max von Sydow. Produced by Mario Kassar and Andrew G. Vajna, the film was based on Two Half Times in Hell. It features music by Bill Conti and cinematography by Gerry Fisher. The production companies included Lorimar Television, Victory Company, New Gold Entertainment, and Lorimar Motion Pictures.
The narrative is set in Paris and focuses on World War II and association football. Filming took place in Budapest and at the Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion. The film has a runtime of 116 minutes and was distributed by Paramount Pictures and Netflix. It originated in the United States and Hungary, with production countries also listed as Italy and the United Kingdom.
Critical reception included an IMDb rating of 6.7 from 35,832 votes and a TMDb vote average of 6.881 from 994 votes. Other review scores include 5.5/10, 70%, and 57/100. The film’s budget was $10,000,000, and it generated $27,453,418 in revenue. Its tagline is "Now is the time for heroes."
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6.9A 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.
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
- Carole Laure as Renée
- Bobby Moore as Terry Brady, England
Themes
- nazi
- escape
- sports
- world war ii
- football (soccer)
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Key facts
- Directed by
- John Huston
- Screenplay by
- Evan Jones Yabo Yablonsky
- Story by
- Yabo Yablonsky Djordje Milićević Jeff Maguire
- Based on
- Two Half Times in Hell , by Zoltán Fábri
- Produced by
- Freddie Fields
- Starring
- Sylvester Stallone Michael Caine Max von Sydow Pelé
- Cinematography
- Gerry Fisher
- Edited by
- Roberto Silvi
- Music by
- Bill Conti
- Production companies
- Lorimar Victory Company New Gold Entertainment
- Distributed by
- Paramount Pictures
- Release date
- July 30, 1981 ( 1981-07-30 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 117 minutes
- Countries
- United States United Kingdom Italy
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $12 million
- Box office
- $27.5 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- Hungary
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Two Half Times in Hell
- Main subject
- association football
- Director
- John Huston
- Cast member
- Ferenc Fülöp
- Composer
- Bill Conti
- Producer
- Andrew G. Vajna
- Production company
- Lorimar Television
- Cinematographer
- Gerry Fisher
- Narrative location
- Paris
- Filming location
- Budapest
- Duration
- 116
- FilmAffinity ID
- 356585
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Sport
- association football
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- publication date
- 1981-09-04
- title
- Victory
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 57/100
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- capital cost
- 10000000
- box office
- 27453418
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Encyclopedic overview
Escape to Victory (released as Victory in some markets) is a 1981 sports war film directed by John Huston and starring Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine, Max von Sydow and Pelé. The film is about Allied prisoners of war who are interned in a German prison camp during the Second World War who play an exhibition match of football against a German team.
The film received great attention upon its theatrical release, as it starred professional footballers Bobby Moore, Osvaldo Ardiles, Kazimierz Deyna, Paul Van Himst, Mike Summerbee, Hallvar Thoresen, Werner Roth and Pelé. Numerous Ipswich Town players were also in the film, including John Wark, Russell Osman, Laurie Sivell, Robin Turner and Kevin O'Callaghan. Other Ipswich Town players stood in for actors in the football scenes: Kevin Beattie for Michael Caine, and Paul Cooper for Sylvester Stallone. Yabo Yablonsky wrote the script and the film was entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival.
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