Escape to Athena (1979)
The patriot, the professor, the comic and the stripper... were fighting for what they believed in... Getting rich!
125 min
During the World War II, the prisoners of a German camp in a Greek island are trying to escape. They not only want their freedom, but also seek an ineffable treasure hidden in a monastery at the summit of the island's mountain.
- Release date
- March 9, 1979
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
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Cast
- Roger Moore as Major Otto Hecht
- Telly Savalas as Zeno
- David Niven as Professor Blake
- Stefanie Powers as Dottie Del Mar
- Claudia Cardinale as Eleana
- Richard Roundtree as Nat Judson
- Sonny Bono as Bruno Rotelli
- Elliott Gould as Charlie Dane
- Anthony Valentine as SS Major Volkmann
- Siegfried Rauch as Braun
- Michael Sheard as Sergeant Mann
- Richard Wren as Reistoffer
- Philip Locke as Vogel
- Paul Picerni as Zeno's Man
- Paul Stassino as Zeno's Man
- Lykourgos Kallergis
- Mimi Denissi
- Elena Secota
- William Holden as POW (uncredited)
Crew
- George P. Cosmatos · Director
- Edward Anhalt · Writer
- Richard S. Lochte · Writer
- George P. Cosmatos · Writer
- David Niven Jr. · Producer
- Jack Wiener · Producer
- Lalo Schifrin · Composer
- Gilbert Taylor · Cinematographer
- Ralph Kemplen · Editor
- Irene Lamb · Casting director