Victory (Original title)Escape to Victory (Alternative title)
Date: 1981 (Copyright)Country: USADirected by: John Huston
Production company billing: ©1981. The Victory Film Partnership A co-production of The Victory Company and Tom Stern in association with Andy Vajna and Mario Kassar Lenses and Panaflex camera by Panavision Dolby Stereo Colour by Metrocolor 2:35:1 [Panavision]
Synopsis: During the Second World War, a group of allied prisoners are forced to play the German All-Star soccer team in a life-and-death match staged by the Nazi propaganda machine.
Genres: Sport, War
Subjects: World War II, Prisoners of war, France, Escapes, Football
Releases
Date: 16 July 1981Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - Metrocolor - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 117 mins Length: 10497 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 2015Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 117 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Date: 1981 (Copyright)Country: USADirected by: John Huston
Production company billing: ©1981. The Victory Film Partnership A co-production of The Victory Company and Tom Stern in association with Andy Vajna and Mario Kassar Lenses and Panaflex camera by Panavision Dolby Stereo Colour by Metrocolor 2:35:1 [Panavision]
Synopsis: During the Second World War, a group of allied prisoners are forced to play the German All-Star soccer team in a life-and-death match staged by the Nazi propaganda machine.
Genres: Sport, War
Subjects: World War II, Prisoners of war, France, Escapes, Football
Releases
Date: 16 July 1981Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - Metrocolor - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 117 mins Length: 10497 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 2015Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 117 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Credits
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©: The Victory Film Partnership, A co-production of: The Victory Company, Tom Stern, In association with: Andy Vajna, Mario Kassar, Presents: Inc. Lorimar Productions, Executive Producer: Gordon Mclendon, Production/Produced by: Freddie Fields, Associate Producer: Annie Fargue, Unit Production Manager: Tom Shaw, Production Co-ordinator: Anne Shaw, Production Co-ordinator: Dawne Alstrom, Production Accountant: Jim Gublo, Assistant to Mr Fields: Betty Yanoska, Tom Guido, Production Assistant: Allegra Huston, Production Trainee: Charles Winkler, 2nd Unit Director: Robert Riger, Assistant Director (1st): Elie Cohn, Assistant to Mr Huston: Gladys Hill, Script Supervisor: John Franco, Casting: Rose Tobias Shaw, Screenplay by: Evan Jones, Yabo Yablonsky, Story by: Yabo Yablonsky, Story by: Djordje Milicevic, Jeff Maguire, Director of Photography: Gerry Fisher, 2nd Unit Photographer: Eric van Haren Noman, Camera Operator: Bernard Ford, Cameraman (2nd Unit): Harry Hart, Cameraman (2nd Unit): Mike Davies, Cameraman (2nd Unit): Ken Withers, Cameraman (2nd Unit): Harvey Harrison, Ron Collins, Camera Assistant: Michael Rutter, Camera Assistant: Cary Fisher, Camera Assistant (2nd Unit): Derek Burtonshaw, Camera Assistant (2nd Unit): David Lenham, Camera Assistant (2nd Unit): Ken Warringham, Camera Assistant (2nd Unit): Tony Garrett, Ray Norris, Gaffer: Laurie Shane, Key Grip: Jimmy Waters, Grip (2nd Unit): Jimmy Mullins, Still Photography: Sergio Strizzi, Egon Endrényi, Special Effects: Candy Flanagan, Slow Motion Engineer (2nd Unit): Dennis Hill, Editor: Roberto Silvi, Assistant Editor: Cesare D'amico, Assistant Editor: Barry Mark Gordon, Production Design by: J. Dennis Washington, Set Decorator: Sydney Ann Kee, Property Master: Tom Shaw Jr, Costumes: Tom Bronson, Make-up Artist: Mike Westmore, Tony Lloyd, Music by: Bill Conti, Orchestration: Peter Meyers, Music Supervisor: Bodie Chandler, Music Editor: Stephen A. Hope, Soccer Plays Designed by: Pelé, Sound Mixer: Colin Charles, Sound Consultant: Stephen Katz, Boom Operator: Gary Weir, Re-recording Mixer: Buzz Knudson, Re-recording Mixer: Don Macdougall, Robert Glass, Supervising Sound Editor: Leslie Hodgson, Sound Editor: Bonnie Koehler, Sound Editor: Anthony Palk, Assistant Sound Editor: Barbara Ann Gandolfo, Technical Adviser: Major Patrick Reid, Technical Adviser: Helmut Gradischnig, Player Consultant: Peter Mason, Dialogue Coach: Anna Korda, Publicity Co-ordinator: Tom Carlile, Assistant Publicist: Jennifer Collen-Smith, Publicity Secretary: Tonda Marton
Cast
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Max von Sydow (Major Karl von Steiner), Gary Waldhorn (Mueller, coach), George Mikell (Kommandant), Laurie Sivell (goalie), Arthur Brauss (Lutz), Robin Turner (player), Michael Wolf (Lang), Jürgen Andersen (propaganda civilian), David Shawyer (Strauss), Werner Roth (Baumann, team captain), Amidou (André), Benoît Ferreux (Jean Paul), Jean-François Stévenin (Claude), Jack Lenoir (Georges), Folton Gera (Viktor), Carole Laure (Renée), Tim Pigott-Smith (Rose), Julian Curry (Shurlock), Clive Merrison (the forger), Maurice Roëves (Pyrie), Michael Cochrane (Farrell), Jack Kendrick (Williams), Daniel Massey (Colonel Waldron), Anton Diffring (chief commentator), Gunter Wolbert (German commentator), Eolo Capacci (Italian commentator), Michel Drhey (French commentator), Sylvester Stallone (Robert Hatch), Michael Caine (Captain John Colby), Pelé (Luis Fernandez), Bobby Moore (Terry Brady), Osvaldo Ardiles (Carlos Rey), Paul van Himst (Michel Fileu), Kazimierz Deyna (Paul Wolchek), Hallvar Thorensen (Gunnar Nilsson), Mike Summerbee (Sid Harmor), Co Prins (Pieter Van Beck), Russell Osman (Doug Clure), John Wark (Arthur Hayes), Soren Linsted (Erik Borge), Kevin O'Calloghan (Tony Lewis)