Roger moore, telly savalas, david niven, elliot gould, stefanie powers, richard roundtree, sonny. Extremely bizarre yet oddly endearing, escape to athena 1979 is a. The lowestpriced brandnew, unused, unopened, undamaged item in its original packaging where packaging is applicable. Escape to athena movie tv listings and schedule tv guide. Wild chase with motorcycles in a greek island scene from. Pg, 2 h 0 min roger moore, telly savalas, david niven, stefanie powers director. The prisoners, played by such diverse types as elliott gould, david niven, and sonny bono, plan. Getting rich during the world war ii, the prisoners of a german camp in a greek island are trying to escape. Cosmatos, it stars roger moore, telly savalas, david niven, stefanie powers, claudia cardinale, richard roundtree, sonny bono and elliott gould. 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 believed in. 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. With roger moore, telly savalas, david niven, stefanie powers. It plays like each of its four main stars was told theirs was the leading role. American prints were judiciously cut to 101 minutes, emphasizing the action content and neutralizing the duller dialogue sequences.
See the full list of escape to athena cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. 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. 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. Escape to athena 1979 action, adventure, comedy, war usa.
Escape to athena 1979 theatrical trailer music by lalo schifrin. The patriot, the professor, the comic and the stripper, were fighting for what they believed in. My other channel geostrategic1 has even more wwii movie playlists. Escape to athena is a wonderful example of action adventure on a budget. Escape to athena 1979 pg 06061979 us adventure, comedy, war 2h 5m user score.
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. Rating is available when the video has been rented. For films not in english use the cc, if offered, for english subtitles. May 25, 2017 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. Escape to athena is a 1979 british adventure war film directed by george p. The sopranos best moments and quotes season 3 duration. Escape to athena 1979 imdbescape to athena 1979 box office.
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. Local members of the greek resistance conspire with the prisoners of a pow camp to take it over and cause an uprising against the invaders. Escape to athena thats right, they arent exactly escaping from the pow camp isnt as bad as it seems. 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. Its a jokeup wartime action retread, feeble as to both humor and suspense, in which a. A group of allied prisoners of war plan to escape while excavating an archaeological site on a germanoccupied greek island. I have been living here on rhodes for 5 years and was fortunate to be invited to the offical opening of the renovated kallithea springs in june 2007. 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 escape proof camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Extremely bizarre yet oddly endearing, escape to athena 1979 is a highly derivative allstar war movie with a strong undercurrent of incongruous broad comedy. It seems worse than it is because with the actors involved, the physical setting and the plot idea, most of us watched it expecting more than it delivered. 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.
Escape to athena is a 1979 british war adventure film directed by george p. Escape to athena 1979 imdbescape to athena 1979 box office mojoescape to athena 1979 movie onlineescape to athena 1979 full d. Escape to athena dottie del mar 1979 a death in canaan joan barthel 1978 the astral factor candy barrett 1978. Escape to athena 1969 roger moore, telly savalas, stefanie. First blood part ii and the underrated tombstone, escape to athena is. Escape to athena 1979 pg 2h 5min action, adventure, comedy 6 june 1979 usa a world war two adventure involving a group of.
Apr 05, 2011 escape to athena is a wonderful example of action adventure on a budget. Escape to athena bluray disc, 2008 for sale online ebay. The film is set during the second world war on a germanoccupied greek island. David niven plays it like a sequel to the guns of navarone, elliott gould thinks hes doing mash goes to rhodes. Don stroud in coogans bluff great motorcycle chase with clint eastwood duration. The original british version of escape to athena ran 125 minutes. Roger moore stars as major otto hecht, an antinazi german who presides over a world war ii pow camp. It begins in a prison camp where allied pows are frced to spend their days unearthing priceless greek art treasures for the nazis. Escape to athena behind the stunts by jon auty issuu. During the world war ii, the prisoners of a german camp in a greek island are trying to escape. Escape to athena 1979 is a world war ii action, adventure movie starring roger moore and telly savalas. Packaging should be the same as what is found in a retail store, unless the item is handmade or was packaged by the manufacturer in. Escape to athena 1979 george pan cosmatos synopsis. 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.
A world war ii adventure, involving a group of allied p. It begins in a prison camp where allied pows are forced to spend their days unearthing priceless greek art treasures for the nazis. It stars roger moore, telly savalas, david niven, stefanie powers, claudia cardinale, richard roundtree, sonny bono and elliott gould. 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. And what a star studded cast lew grade assembled for this picture. Whilst there i saw all the stills of the various films that had been shot here in rhodes.
Escape to athena is the kind of film destined to appeal mostly to war movie enthusiasts and cult movie fans for its cast. Find out when and where you can watch escape to athena on tv with the full listings schedule at. Escape to athena escape to athena is an action packed wwii film that pits a small band of greek freedom fighters against a german battalion. 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. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of world war ii. May, 2018 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.
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