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Escape to Athena (1979)
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Release Date:
6 June 1979 (USA) moreTagline:
The patriot, the professor, the comic and the stripper, were fighting for what they believed in. Getting rich!Plot:
During the World War II, the prisoners of a German camp in a greek island are trying to escape. They don't want only their freedom... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Come on guys; it was pretty enjoyable!! moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Roger Moore | ... | Major Otto Hecht |
 | Telly Savalas | ... | Zeno |
 | David Niven | ... | Professor Blake |
 | Claudia Cardinale | ... | Eleana |
 | Stefanie Powers | ... | Dottie Del Mar |
 | Richard Roundtree | ... | Nat Judson |
| Sonny Bono | ... | Bruno Rotelli |
 | Elliott Gould | ... | Charlie |
 | Anthony Valentine | ... | SS Major Volkmann |
| Siegfried Rauch | ... | Braun |
| Michael Sheard | ... | Sergeant Mann |
| Richard Wren | ... | Reistoffer |
| Philip Locke | ... | Vogel |
| Steve Ubels | ... | Lantz |
| Paul Picerni |
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Add content advisory for parentsRuntime:
125 min | Sweden:119 min | Argentina:120 minCountry:
UKLanguage:
EnglishColor:
Color (Eastmancolor)Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Singapore:PG | Australia:M | Argentina:13 | Finland:K-16 | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) (1986) | USA:PGMOVIEmeter: 
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Director Trademark: [George P. Cosmatos] [aerial] moreSoundtrack:
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| Opera music at 00:42:00 | nina-perez |
| THE SONG AT THE END | givantha |
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| When the Saints come etc | vpilutis |
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This film came free with today's paper, so perhaps I'm in an indulgent frame of mind. However, much as I admire the wit shown by IMDb members in panning this film, I have to disagree with them. Escape to Athena is a very enjoyable romp indeed, with all sorts of excellent stylistic touches, some really gratifying explosions, humour that is a trifle dated but not so bad if you lean back and accept it, and an interesting plot. I don't know why people require a movie to go all the way in one direction, ie be edge-of-the-seat suspense, or cataclysmic tragedy, or roll-in-the-aisles hilarious, or weepie romantic etc. etc. Why can't it be a bit of everything? I think we're far too used to the extremes that have become fashionable of late. Forget Daniel Day-Lewis bursting a vein, if just for one evening. You'll feel better for it. However, Telly really can't dance. That I must agree with.