Escape to Victory (or simply Victory) is a 1981 American-British-Italian[3] sports war film 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 exhibition match of football against a German team.
The film received great attention upon its theatrical release, as it starred professional footballers Bobby Moore, Osvaldo Ardiles, Kazimierz Deyna, Paul Van Himst, Mike Summerbee, Hallvar Thoresen, Werner Roth and Pelé. Numerous Ipswich Town players were also in the film, including John Wark, Russell Osman, Laurie Sivell, Robin Turner and Kevin O'Callaghan. Other Ipswich Town players stood in for actors in the football scenes – Kevin Beattie for Michael Caine, and Paul Cooper for Sylvester Stallone. Yabo Yablonsky wrote the script and the film was entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival.[6]
^"Victory (1981)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 19, 2018. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
^ abEscape to Victory at the American Film Institute Catalog
^ abcd"Menekülés a győzelembe - Budapesti Klasszikus Film Maraton". Nemzeti Filmintézet – Filmarchívum. Archived from the original on October 30, 2020. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
^"Victory (1981)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on March 19, 2018. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
^"Victory (1981) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Archived from the original on March 19, 2018. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
^"12th Moscow International Film Festival (1981)". MIFF. Archived from the original on April 21, 2013. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
EscapetoVictory (or simply Victory) is a 1981 American-British-Italian sports war film directed by John Huston and starring Sylvester Stallone, Michael...
"Escape from Victory" is the fifth episode of the third series of Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted and the 22nd episode overall. It is the first of two episodes...
Doug Clure, one of the prisoner-of-war footballers, in the 1981 film EscapetoVictory, which also included American actor Sylvester Stallone, British actor...
Friedkin's Sorcerer, John Frankenheimer's Ronin and John Huston's EscapetoVictory. In 1969, Amidou was awarded best actor at the Rio de Janeiro International...
starred in the film EscapetoVictory, directed by John Huston, which told the story of a group of Allied POWs who are challenged to a match against the...
willingness to do the majority of his own stunts, Stallone has suffered various injuries during his acting career. During the filming of EscapetoVictory, he...
Review of EscapetoVictory, by Phil Michaels at The Spinning Edge, accessed 12 July 2008 "Neymar pulls off ridiculous spinning rainbow flick to score in...
Simmerson in the Sharpe series. His film career has included roles in EscapetoVictory (1981), The Return of the Soldier (1982), Real Life (1984), Number...
Mini-Affair (1967), The Brontë Sisters (1979), Manions of America (1981), EscapetoVictory (1981), The Missionary (1982), Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (1985)...
several Ipswich teammates, Sivell took part in the 1981 film EscapetoVictory, known as just Victory in North America. He played the German goalkeeper. After...
Zeppelin, Max in Sir Henry at Rawlinson End, Hauptmann Rainer Mueller in EscapetoVictory, and Tornado in The Chain. On stage he was particularly active with...
career, Wark appeared in the film EscapetoVictory. Since retiring as a professional player in 1996, he has continued to work for Ipswich Town—since September...
in Operation Daybreak (1975) and the football match commentator in EscapetoVictory (1981), although he also played a Polish parachutist in The Red Beret...
his chair, often sleeping, and is rarely active. In the episode "Escape from Victory", it emerges that Jack slept for 14 days straight after drinking...
Ambassador for Manchester City. Summerbee also starred in the cult film EscapetoVictory alongside Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine and Pelé. Summerbee's...
Escapeto Athena is a 1979 British adventure comedy war film directed by George P. Cosmatos. It stars Roger Moore, Telly Savalas, David Niven, Stefanie...
History Boys, filmed in 2006. He was the forger in the 1981 film EscapetoVictory and also played Bartholomew Sholto in The Sign of Four (1983), Desmond...
Juliette Delors Un assassin qui passe [fr] (1981) as Pauline Klein EscapetoVictory (Victory) (1981) as Renee - The French Croque la vie (1981) as Thérèse...
Global Information