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A POW in World War II is put to work in a Munich zoo, looking after an Asian elephant. The zoo is bombed by the Americans and the director of the zoo decides it is not safe for his Asian elephant Lucy to remain there. So he sends Brooks to safety with Lucy. They escape and go on the run in order to get to Switzerland.
Keywords
elephant
switzerland
world war ii
prisoner of war
zoo
satire
Casts
Oliver Reed
Brooks
Michael J. Pollard
Packy
Wolfgang Preiss
Col. von Haller
Karin Baal
Vronia
Helmuth Lohner
Willi
Peter Carsten
Kurt
Ralf Wolter
Dr. Mendel
Jürgen Draeger
Sami
Ernst Fritz Fürbringer
Kellerman
John Alderton
Bernard
Maria Brockerhoff
Anna
Til Kiwe
Von Haller's Sergeant
Ernst Fritz Fürbringer
Elephant Keeper Kellermann
Erik Jelde
Zoo Director Stern
Fred Haltiner
Josef
John Porter-Davison
Geordie
Terence Sewards
Twilight
James Donald
Padre
Robert Rietti
Elephant Keeper Kellermann (voice)
Harald Dietl
German Soldier at Brooks' Arrest (uncredited)
Karl-Heinz Thomas
Offizier (uncredited)
Nikki Van der Zyl
Vronia (voice) (uncredited)
Crews
Michael Winner
Story
Tom Wright
Story
Dick Clement
Screenplay
Michael Winner
Director
Ian La Frenais
Screenplay
Hans Jürgen Kiebach
Art Direction
James Crawford
Location Manager
Laci von Ronay
Production Manager
Peter Austen-Hunt
Editor
Andre Beilfuss
Animal Coordinator
Eberhard Junkersdorf
Location Manager
Clifton Brandon
Production Manager
Lionel Selwyn
Editor
Michael Dryhurst
Assistant Director
Udo Graf Lambsdorff
Assistant Director
Timothy Pitt Miller
Location Manager
Harry Arbour
Construction Manager
Francis Lai
Original Music Composer
Russ Hill
Sound Editor
Robert Paynter
Director of Photography
Hugh Strain
Sound Recordist
Anthony Troke
Camera Operator
John Brommage
Sound Recordist
Stephanie Kaye
Hairdresser
John Stoll
Production Design
Erwin Lange
Special Effects
Richard Mills
Makeup Artist
Wolfgang von Schiber
Location Manager
Michael Winner
Producer
Christian Gaubert
Music Arranger
Josie MacAvin
Set Decoration
Hans Jura
Camera Operator
Brian Linsell
First Assistant Editor
Reg Prince
Stand In
Backdrops & Posters
