
Escape to Athena (1979)
5.7|21 May, 1979|125 min
The patriot, the professor, the comic and the stripper... were fighting for what they believed in... Getting rich!
5.7|21 May, 1979|125 min
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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.
Keywords
island
escape
world war ii
prisoner of war
greece
archaeologist
1940s
Casts

Roger Moore
Otto Hecht

Telly Savalas
Zeno

David Niven
Professor Blake

Stefanie Powers
Dottie Del Mar

Claudia Cardinale
Eleana

Richard Roundtree
Nat Judson

Sonny Bono
Bruno Rotelli

Elliott Gould
Charlie

Anthony Valentine
Volkmann

Siegfried Rauch
Braun

Michael Sheard
Sergeant Mann
Richard Wren
Reistoffer

Philip Locke
Vogel
Steve Ubels
Lantz

Paul Picerni
Zeno's Man

Paul Stassino
Zeno's Man
Manolis Peletis
Stassia Stakis

Lykourgos Kallergis
Lambros Tsangas

Mimi Denissi
Anne Marie Sten
Mary Dracopoulou
Elena Secota
Vanna Reville

William Holden
POW (uncredited)
Crews
Richard S. Lochte
Story

George P. Cosmatos
Director
Richard S. Lochte
Screenplay

Edward Anhalt
Screenplay

George P. Cosmatos
Story
Michael Stringer
Production Design
John Graysmark
Supervising Art Director

Derek Cracknell
Assistant Director
Derek V. Browne
Camera Operator

Lalo Schifrin
Original Music Composer

Arlene Phillips
Choreographer
Irene Lamb
Casting
John Richardson
Special Effects
Paul Engelen
Makeup Artist
Richard Green
Location Manager

David Niven Jr.
Producer
Ralph Kemplen
Editor

Yvonne Blake
Costume Design
Ken Nightingall
Boom Operator
Nicholas Stevenson
Sound Editor
Hunt Downs
Unit Publicist

Gilbert Taylor
Director of Photography

Vic Armstrong
Stunt Coordinator
Ray Andrew
Steadicam Operator
Bob Penn
Still Photographer
Colin M. Brewer
Associate Producer
Jack Wiener
Producer
Eric Allwright
Makeup Artist

Tracey Eddon
Stunt Double
Derek Ball
Sound Mixer
Backdrops & Posters


