“Escape or Sieg” unites a crazy star cast that ranges from Action icon Sylvester Stallone and Oscar winner Michael Caine to football god Pelé. Now the barely known football war film from 1981 celebrated its Blu-Ray premiere.
If you take a look at some films and their occupation lists afterwards, you cannot avoid sometimes wondering how it could only happen. Only recently did we report on one Western classic, which will soon celebrate its 4K premiere and international acting greats such as Alain Delon, Ursula Andress, Charles Bronson and Toshiro Mifune united. The ensemble of “”Escape or victory“From 1981 to.
Not only do Hollywood legends like “Rocky”-and “Rambo” stars meet as different in it Sylvester Stallone and the two-time Oscar winner and Christopher-Nolan tribal actor Michael Caine (“The Dark Knight” trilogy). On top of that, there are also a lot of football icons of past days- in an unusual mix of war and sports film! Doesn’t the whole thing in the end not only go as if it sounds, but also maintains well? You can of that Now for the first time on Blu-ray convince.
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Because The film by master director John Huston (“African Queen”) celebrated its German-speaking HD premiere this week in the home theater. During the film, for the cult kicker like the long-time captain of the English national team Bobby Moorethe Argentine midfield engine Osvaldo Ardiles and the Brazilian football god Pelé The tunnel shoes covered, At Amazon Prime Video* And Co. has been available digitally as a video-on-demand for a long time, you can only now put the crazy prominent yet unknown 80s strip on the shelf.
Liver Plaion Pictures published the internationally known war-film kicker adventure as a “Victory” As a collector’s edition in the media bookthat also contains the film on DVD. At least football enthusiasts and stallone fans will probably not avoid risking a look. Even if Sly is reluctant to remember the filming …
“Escape or victory”: Sylvester Stallone, the Nazis and football
Based on the vague of Hungarian war drama “Two halves in hell“, The film says the story of Major Karl von Steiner (Max von Sydow), who wants to have a Wehrmacht selection in a soccer game against prisoners of war. After all, he could demonstrate German superiority and use it for propaganda purposes.
What the Germans do not expect, however: British Captain and ex-footballer John Colby (Michael Caine) also accepts the stubborn Robert Hatch (Sylvester Stallone) to his team-and the plans to use the big game for a distraction maneuver and take the escape …
An average rating of 4.5 out of 5 possible stars on Amazon Shows: “Escape or Sieg” has its fans! The fact that Sylvester Stallone, on the other hand, does not like to remember the work on the film is due, among other things, the fact that he stood in goal for his team – and a finger broke when trying to keep a shot from Pelé. In conversation with the BBC (via Express) The “Expendables” star even described the ball as a “cannonball” … whose force he simply underestimated.
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This is a revised re -publication of an article already published on film start.
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