Ben Meyers’ rating: 4.1|5.0
Starsìììì
Escape
to Athena—easy to miss film—deserves a watch. It’s a fair to middling
war movie that has an unusual venue and storyline. Watch for Sonny Bono and
Elliot Gould in the movie.
Film Poster Courtesy of Google Images
Storyline
World
War II prisoners of war are forced to excavate Greek artifacts for export.
Additional Thanks
Thank
you to Director George P. Cosmatos for directing effort. Thank you to Executive
Producer Lew Grade for making the film possible. Additional characters/cast
include: Major Otto Hecht (Roger Moore), Zeno (Telly Savalas), Professor Blake
(David Niven), Dottie Del Mar (Stefanie Powers), Eleana (Claudia Cardinale),
Nat Judson (Richard Roundtree), Bruno Rotelli (Sonny Bono), Charlie/Charlie
Dane (Elliott Gould), SS Major Volkmann (Anthony Valentine), Braun (Stegfried Rauch),
Sergeant Mann (Michael Sheard), Reistoffer (Richard Wren), Vogel (Philip Locke),
Lantz (Steve Ubels), Zeno’s Man (Paul Picerni), and Zeno’s Man (Paul Stassino).
Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Yes.
This British war movie will satisfy war movie fans.
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