Victory (1981)

Release date: 1981-07-31
Country: UK|USA|Italy
Language: English|German|French
Director: John Huston
Production Co: Lorimar Film Entertainment, Victory Company, New Gold Entertainment
Genre: Drama, War
Rating: 6.7/10
Length: 1h 56min

Storyline

In World War II, a group of Nazi officers come up with a propaganda event in which an all-star Nazi team will play a team composed of Allied prisoners of war in a soccer (football) game. The prisoners agree, planning on using the game as a means of escape from the camp.

Plot Keywords

escape, football, prisoner of war, sports team, world war two, prison, independent film, remake, one word title, escape from prison, stadium, nazi germany, nazi, swastika, end credits roll call, intrigue, prison camp, french resistance, tunnel, solitary confinement

Short Review

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.