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Victory (Escape to Victory) (1981)

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John Huston directed this exciting World War II action film, which culminates in a rousing soccer game. In a German prisoner of war camp, Major Karl von Steiner (Max Von Sydow), the camp commander, once a member of the German national soccer team, decides to put together a soccer match between a team of Allied prisoners, led by Captain John Colby (Michael Caine), a former English international soccer player. The game is to be played in Colombes Stadium in Paris and exploited for maximum

PG, 1 hr. 57 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure

Evan Jones, Jeff Maguire

Feb 24, 1998

Paramount Pictures

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The form of the film is conventional, but the manner in which it has been executed is not.

August 13, 2010 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comment
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A frankly oldfashioned World War II morality play, hinging on soccer as a civilized metaphor for the game of War.

August 13, 2010 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment
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Huston, showing admirable range in his old age, creates enough on-field magic and nostalgia for the beatiful game as an idyll of now-extinct sportsmanship.

August 13, 2010 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | Comment (1)
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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 internationals.

August 13, 2010 Full Review Source: Time Out | Comment

A cracking good story and some of the best football action committed to celluloid have made this a Bank Holiday classic.

August 13, 2010 Full Review Source: Film4 | Comment

Alternately hokey and inspiring.

August 13, 2010 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | Comment (1)
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Imagine the brilliance of combining The Great Escape with football. If The Great Escape didn't have you crying manly tears of true awesomeness into a nice cup of tea then this surely will. The use of real actors and footballing professionals really does give the film a more realistic edge than many sporting films. Well

August 5, 2008
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Such a cheesy premise that you have to give it some credit for daring.

January 4, 2008
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