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Plot

The original British version of Escape to Athena ran 125 minutes; American prints were judiciously cut to 101 minutes, emphasizing the action content and neutralizing the duller dialogue sequences. Roger Moore stars as Major Otto Hecht, an anti-Nazi German who presides over a World War II POW camp. The prisoners, played by such diverse types as Elliott Gould, David Niven, and Sonny Bono, plan an escape with a group of Greek partisans (headed by Telly Savalas). It's not that the POWs are dissatisfied with life behind barbed wire -- it's just that they've been coerced into rescuing valuable art treasures from the Nazis, and there's a possibility of turning a profit!
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Action
Run Time:
125min.
Director(s):
George Pan Cosmatos
Starring:
Roger Moore , Telly Savalas , David Niven , Claudia Cardinale , Richard Roundtree
Keywords:
Nazism,POW (Prisoner of War),POW/MIA,USO,captive,captor,concentration-camp,escape,friendship,partisan,prison,prostitute/prostitution