Victory (1981)
(Escape to Victory)
Country: US/GB/IT
Technical: col/scope 116m
Director: John Huston
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine, Pelé, Max Von Sydow, Bobby Moore
Synopsis:
A particularly talented bunch of POWs are challenged by the German national team to a contest in Nazi-occupied Paris, while the Resistance and British top brass organize an escape for the team after the match.
Review:
A bit late in the day for an escape movie, and even odder as a choice for the aged director with limited time at his disposal, this seems to have been conceived as an elaborate caper for soccer stars to appear in a movie alongside movie stars. One thinks irresistibly of the Von Trapp singers, and also of Shostakovich's 5th Symphony when composer Bill Conti gets going on his triumphant finale.
(Escape to Victory)
Country: US/GB/IT
Technical: col/scope 116m
Director: John Huston
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine, Pelé, Max Von Sydow, Bobby Moore
Synopsis:
A particularly talented bunch of POWs are challenged by the German national team to a contest in Nazi-occupied Paris, while the Resistance and British top brass organize an escape for the team after the match.
Review:
A bit late in the day for an escape movie, and even odder as a choice for the aged director with limited time at his disposal, this seems to have been conceived as an elaborate caper for soccer stars to appear in a movie alongside movie stars. One thinks irresistibly of the Von Trapp singers, and also of Shostakovich's 5th Symphony when composer Bill Conti gets going on his triumphant finale.
(Escape to Victory)
Country: US/GB/IT
Technical: col/scope 116m
Director: John Huston
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine, Pelé, Max Von Sydow, Bobby Moore
Synopsis:
A particularly talented bunch of POWs are challenged by the German national team to a contest in Nazi-occupied Paris, while the Resistance and British top brass organize an escape for the team after the match.
Review:
A bit late in the day for an escape movie, and even odder as a choice for the aged director with limited time at his disposal, this seems to have been conceived as an elaborate caper for soccer stars to appear in a movie alongside movie stars. One thinks irresistibly of the Von Trapp singers, and also of Shostakovich's 5th Symphony when composer Bill Conti gets going on his triumphant finale.