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Escape to athena suffers from that tourist brochure look, with bouzouki music throbbing as we skim across the aegean back to the sunsoaked days of 1944 and a. Escape to athena sounds less like a war movie and more like a travelogue, which is in itself quite apt given that the stars of this were clearly having a lovely holiday in rhodes. Apr 05, 2011 escape to athena is a wonderful example of action adventure on a budget. Starring roger moore, telly savalas, david niven, stefanie powers. The prisoners, played by such diverse types as elliott gould, david. Escape to athena 1979 m 06061979 us adventure, comedy, war 2h 5m user score. Escape to athena is the kind of film destined to appeal mostly to war movie enthusiasts and cult movie fans for its cast. First half of the film consists of half of the main character devising a way to escape the prison camp, so that they can take over the place from nazis and raid the monastery on mount athena hence the title. Official theatrical movie poster for escape to athena 1979. Whilst there i saw all the stills of the various films that had been shot here in rhodes.

Escape to athena 1979 is a world war ii action, adventure movie starring roger moore and telly savalas. Escape to athena 1979 pg 2h 5min action, adventure, comedy 6 june 1979 usa. The original british version of escape to athena ran 125 minutes. Escape to athena 1979 escape to athena is an action packed wwii film that pits a small band of greek freedom fighters against a german battalion. Escape to athena evadare din atena 1979 online subtitrat.

Escape to athena behind the stunts by jon auty issuu. Roger moore, stefanie powers, david niven, telly savalas, elliott gould, sonny bono, richard roundtree. Feb 05, 2016 a world war two adventure involving a group of allied pows, nazis, black market priceless art treasures, greek resistance, a greek monastery and a secret german rocket base. With the help of local resistance fighters, the inmates plot to escape and steal valuable artifacts from a heavily guarded monastery thats used as a storehouse. Athena is a 1954 romantic musical comedy film directed by richard thorpe and starring jane powell, edmund purdom, debbie reynolds, vic damone, louis calhern, steve reeves, and evelyn varden.

But the motley crew cannot resist the idea of taking. Escape to athena, dvd, widescreen, warworld war ii, 759731415422. Escape to athena is a british adventure war film with several elements of comedy released in 1979, directed and coauthored by george pan cosmatos and produced by lew grades itc entertainment. Escape to athena is a wonderful example of action adventure on a budget. Escape to athena 1979, directed by george p cosmatos film. The film is set during the second world war on a germanoccupied greek island.

The yearold daughter of that film s director, pietro francisci, saw reeves in athena and recommended him to her father. It plays like each of its four main stars was told theirs was the leading role. Watch escape to athena 1979 full movie free online. Getting rich during the world war ii, the prisoners of a german camp in a greek island are trying to escape. Escape to athena 1979 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. It stars roger moore, telly savalas, david niven, stefanie powers, claudia cardinale, richard roundtree, sonny bono and elliott gould. A ragtag group of prisoners italian chef bruno sonny bono, british archeology professor blake david niven, american soldier nat richard roundtree and greek prostitute eleana claudia. During the world war ii, the prisoners of a german camp in a greek island are trying to escape. Cosmatos 107 minutes 5999546330748 5999546330496 set on an anonymous greek island during the last year of the war, 1944, allied pows in a. Originally a mono release, escape to athena offers strong 2.

I too received a copy of the film for christmas and can confirm that whilst the film was all shot on location on rhodes the monastery that you mention is not here in rhodes. A world war two adventure involving a group of allied pows, nazis, black market priceless art treasures, greek resistance, a greek monastery and a secret german rocket base. Escape to athena 1979 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and. Cosmatos, it stars roger moore, telly savalas, david niven, stefanie powers, claudia cardinale, richard roundtree, sonny bono and elliott gould. The international cast included many wellknown actors of the 1970s, including roger moore, telly savalas and elliott gould. Extremely bizarre yet oddly endearing, escape to athena 1979 is a highly derivative allstar war movie with a strong undercurrent of incongruous broad comedy. Total number of members who have this title in their. Escape to athena 1979 pg 2h 5min action, adventure, comedy 6 june 1979 usa a world war two adventure involving a group of allied pows, nazis, black market priceless art treasures, greek resistance, a greek monastery and a secret german rocket base. Roger moore, telly savalas, david niven, stefanie powers director. Escape to athena 1979, directed by george p cosmatos. Escape to athena 1979 szokjunk athenba region 2 pal dvd audio. Mix escape to athena 1979 hd yesilcam dublaj youtube. Cosmatos, escape to athena also known as amici e nemici, flucht nach athena is an actionadventurewar film, released on june 06 of 1979 in the usa. They dont want only their freedom, but they also seek for an ineffable treasure hidden in a monastery at the top of the.

Fawlty towers the complete collection 2019 region free. All cuts were waived in 1986 when the film was granted a pg certificate for home video. Local members of the greek resistance conspire with the prisoners of a pow camp to take it over and cause an uprising against the. Roger moore is starring, alongside telly savalas, david niven, claudia cardinale, stefanie powers and richard roundtree the patriot, the professor, the comic and the stripper, were fighting for what they. The script is not terribly original in plotting or characterizations, and the lighthearted tone will throw off those who expect their war movies to be serious affairs. We found subtitles for the program escape to athena. Escape to athena 1979 letterboxd social film discovery. Its a jokeup wartime action retread, feeble as to both humor and suspense, in which a. Escape to athena not only has the unabashed look of a cynical package but also plays like one as well. And what a star studded cast lew grade assembled for this picture. A world war ii adventure, involving a group of allied pows, nazis, black market priceless art treasures, greek resistance, a greek monastery, and a secret german rocket base. With roger moore, telly savalas, david niven, stefanie powers. Steve reeves appearance in the film led to his casting in hercules 1958.

The patriot, the professor, the comic and the stripper, were fighting for what they believed in. Escape to athena sounds less like a war movie and more like a travelogue. Starring roger moore, telly savalas, david niven, claudia cardinale, stefanie powers and richard roundtree, escape to athena also known as amici e nemici, flucht nach athena is an actionadventurewar film directed by george p. Roger moore, telly savalas, david niven, elliot gould, stefanie powers, richard roundtree, sonny. Escape to athena is a 1979 british war adventure film directed by george p. Escape to athena 1979 george pan cosmatos synopsis. David niven plays it like a sequel to the guns of navarone, elliott gould thinks hes doing mash goes to. There were of course many from the film escape to athena. American prints were judiciously cut to 101 minutes, emphasizing the action content and neutralizing the duller dialogue sequences. A british adventure film from 1979, starring roger moore, telly savalas, david niven, elliott gould, claudia cardinale and richard roundtree the film takes place during the greek side of the world war ii circa 1944, in one island under the nazi influence.

They dont want only their freedom, but they also seek for an ineffable treasure hidden in a monastery at the top of the islands mountain. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of world war ii. Roger moore stars as major otto hecht, an antinazi german who presides over a world war ii pow camp. Escape to athena is a 1979 british adventure war film directed by george p. Escape to athena suffers from that tourist brochure look, with bouzouki music throbbing as we skim across the aegean back to the sunsoaked days of 1944 and a pow camp mediterranee on an idyllic. It is a typical war film completed in britain by cosmatos and is set on the greek island of crete, which was. Jul 01, 2014 escape to athena 1979 szokjunk athenba region 2 pal dvd audio. In timpul celui deal doilea razboi mondial, prizonierii dintro tabara germana, aflata in grecia, incearca sa evadeze. The nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of allied prisoners, relocates them to a highsecurity escapeproof camp to sit out the remainder of the war. It begins in a prison camp where allied pows are forced to spend their days unearthing priceless greek art treasures for the nazis. Earring72 great ensemble cast in a very silly wwii adventure movie, but entertaining on a fathers day 3 years 10 months ago. I could have done without goulds remark about how twenty years from. Sonny bono pulls off his character rather nicely as do david niven, stephanie powers and elliot. Roger moore, telly savalas, david niven, stefanie powers, claudia cardinale, richard.