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  1. www.empireonline.com › movies › reviewsEscape To Victory Review | Movie - Empire

    PG. Original Title: Escape To Victory. Escape to Victory has a true story around which to base its tactics: a group of POW's in Germany were challenged to a football match by their captors and the ...

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  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Escape_to_VictoryEscape to Victory - Wikipedia

    Budget. $12 million [2] Box office. $27.5 million [4][5] Escape to Victory (or simply Victory) is a 1981 sports war film [3] 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 ...

  4. collider.com › escape-to-victory-perfect-world-cupWhy Stallone's Escape to Victory Is the Perfect ... - Collider

    • Sylvester Stallone Brings Star Power with Michael Caine, Pelé and Max Von Sydow
    • 'Escape to Victory' Delivers on Every Level
    • A Great Watch During World Cup Hysteria

    Michael Caine plays British army officer and former professional soccer player John Colby. He is tasked by the leader of the POW camp, Major Von Steiner (Von Sydow) with choosing a team of his fellow prisoners to play against the Germans. For his part, Von Steiner is sympathetic to the plight of his Allied prisoners and intends the match as a gestu...

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    Every moment of the film has been leading up to this all-important moment, and Caine's team plans to make the most of it. The match really is what makes the movie such a joy to watch. The scene is incredibly effective as the film's climax for three main reasons: The anticipation payoff, the realistic nature of the gameplay, and its use as a wartime...

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    Overall, Escape to Victory is a great way to spend a few hours and has the feel of a classic 1980s film. As one of John Huston's final turns as a director, It's an underrated movie that's a pleasing, light-hearted watch. It also makes for a great crash course in soccer during the World Cup, when the sport seems to be on just about everyone's mind (...

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  5. www.rogerebert.com › far-flung-correspondentsEscape to Victory: Soccer and War run the world | Far ...

    Jul 16, 2018 · July 16, 2018. 5 min read. It is the middle of the night. A prisoner tries to escape from a World War II camp. He’s caught in barb wire. Sentry dogs bark as spotlights find him. Soldiers shoot him on sight. The drums and trumpets of Bill Conti ’s soundtrack introduce the credits. Who could have imagined that the great John Huston would ...

  6. stevealdous.co.uk › film-reviews › film-reviewFilm Review – ESCAPE TO VICTORY (1981) - STEVE ALDOUS

    Aug 27, 2023 · While the team, which also includes Luis Fernandez (Pelé) of Trinidad, trains for the match, Robert Hatch (Stallone) plans a dangerous mass escape from the camp. Huston keeps the whole thing rolling along at a good clip and the cast of actors and players give game performances, Caine and von Sydow in particular, with the players fortunately given the minimum number of lines to deliver.

  7. www.themoviedb.org › movie › 17360-escape-to-victoryEscape to Victory (1981) — The Movie Database (TMDB)

    World War II and the Nazi officers have come up with a propaganda driven idea for the German national football team to play a team composed of Allied Prisoners of War. Led by Capt. John Colby (Michael Caine) the prisoners agree, but there's more than just propaganda at stake here. Directed by John Huston in the twilight of his career, Escape To ...

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  9. www.timeout.com › movies › escape-to-victoryEscape to Victory 1981, directed by John Huston | Film review

    Sep 10, 2012 · Unsatisfactory both for fans of star-studded prison escape dramas and for football fans hoping to see cunningly devised tactics from Pele and his squad of inter