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Escape to Athena

A World War II adventure involving a group of Allied P.O.W.s, Nazis, black market priceless art treasures, Greek resistance, a Greek monastery, and a secret German rocket base.

Director

George P. Cosmatos

Year

Genre

action, adventure, comedy

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N/A

Production

ITC Entertainment

Awards

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Major Otto Hecht

Zeno

Professor Blake

Dottie Del Mar

Stefanie Powers

Eleana

Claudia Cardinale

Nat Judson

Richard Roundtree

Bruno Rotelli

Charlie Dane

SS Major Volkmann

Anthony Valentine

Braun

Siegfried Rauch

Sergeant Mann

Reistoffer

Vogel

Lantz

Zeno's Man

Zeno's Man

Manolis Peletis

(as Lycourgos Callerghis)

Lykourgos Kallergis

(as Lambros Tsangas)

(as Mimi Denisi)

(as Anne-Marie Sten)

Anne Marie Sten

(as Mary Drakopoulou)

Maria Drakopoulou

Brothel Girl

(as Gelsomina)

Man with Bicycle

Sgt. J.J. Sefton

German Radio Operator

Robert Ian Mackenzie

German Soldier

Soldier

Apostolos Souglakos

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Major Otto Hecht Professor Blake Sgt. J.j. Sefton Zeno Eleana Reistoffer

Lonian column. - Escape to Athena

Leutnant Braun... - Escape to Athena

Leutnant Braun...

Franz, ein Stuhl unter dem Vogel. - Escape to Athena

Franz, ein Stuhl unter dem Vogel.

In the SS, we play no favourites. - Escape to Athena

In the SS, we play no favourites.

Have they located the transmitter? - Escape to Athena

Have they located the transmitter?

Bitte! Please... - Escape to Athena

Bitte! Please...

You don't care
about any of this, do you? - Escape to Athena

You don't care about any of this, do you?

You know we have a date for
an Allied naval invasion of the Aegean. - Escape to Athena

You know we have a date for an Allied naval invasion of the ...

All right. - Escape to Athena

Charlie! - Escape to Athena

Now, look, er... You forget I said that. - Escape to Athena

Now, look, er... You forget I said that.

Are you still here - Escape to Athena

Are you still here

Telling bad jokes doesn't make a man a collaborator - Escape to Athena

Telling bad jokes doesn't make a man a collaborator

You. - Escape to Athena

Die Bremse ist kaputt.
Ich kann den Wagen nicht halten. - Escape to Athena

Die Bremse ist kaputt. Ich kann den Wagen nicht halten.

- So there is going to be a tunnel?
- No, Charlie. - Escape to Athena

- So there is going to be a tunnel? - No, Charlie.

I don't think you wanna do that. - Escape to Athena

I don't think you wanna do that.

'Achtung, Achtung.' - Escape to Athena

'Achtung, Achtung.'

No. - Escape to Athena

All right. Pick them up. - Escape to Athena

All right. Pick them up.

♪ Vesti la giubbia - Escape to Athena

♪ Vesti la giubbia

Hello. This one looks really quite rare,
don't you think? - Escape to Athena

Hello. This one looks really quite rare, don't you thin...

- Was ist los?
- He stepped in front of the bus, - Escape to Athena

- Was ist los? - He stepped in front of the bus,

♪ ..la gente paga... - Escape to Athena

♪ ..la gente paga...

They love you! - Escape to Athena

Sergeant, will you sit down?
You'll find yourself on the Russian front. - Escape to Athena

Sergeant, will you sit down? You'll find yourself on th...

Those weapons flew... - Escape to Athena

Those weapons flew...

And our new weapon
has even greater significance. - Escape to Athena

And our new weapon has even greater significance.

You are assuming that because a man steals from his country - Escape to Athena

You are assuming that because a man steals from his country

- What happened?
- Nothing yet. - Escape to Athena

- What happened? - Nothing yet.

Thank you. - Escape to Athena

You sure got a one track mind Our mission is to take the village - Escape to Athena

You sure got a one track mind Our mission is to take the...

Absteigen! - Escape to Athena

- Hey, Zeno.
-Yes? - Escape to Athena

- Hey, Zeno. -Yes?

Abteilung, links um! - Escape to Athena

Abteilung, links um!

Remember, short bursts, Charlie. - Escape to Athena

Remember, short bursts, Charlie.

- What's he telling him?
- What's he telling him? - Escape to Athena

- What's he telling him? - What's he telling him?

Ganze Abteilung - Halt! - Escape to Athena

Ganze Abteilung - Halt!

'Eagle four, Eagle four,
this is Swordfish. - Escape to Athena

'Eagle four, Eagle four, this is Swordfish.

- Alert the frogmen to prepare for entry.
- Yes, sir. - Escape to Athena

- Alert the frogmen to prepare for entry. - Yes, sir.

There's no one at the oil pumps,
so we should be all right - Escape to Athena

There's no one at the oil pumps, so we should be all ri...

- Herr Hecht's too close to him.
- That's his problem. - Escape to Athena

- Herr Hecht's too close to him. - That's his prob...

- Beeilt euch.
- Ja. - Escape to Athena

- Beeilt euch. - Ja.

Oh, Christ. - Escape to Athena

♪ Hey, my name is Alison - Escape to Athena

♪ Hey, my name is Alison

Oh there's no such thing as country Major Only rivers mountains houses and people - Escape to Athena

Oh there's no such thing as country Major Only rivers...

- What's in here?
- The key to the monastery. - Escape to Athena

- What's in here? - The key to the monastery.

What does it say - Escape to Athena

What does it say

What does it say? - Escape to Athena

What does it say?

Well I guess so Anything for the war effort - Escape to Athena

Well I guess so Anything for the war effort

- It can't be for one of us.
- Shh! - Escape to Athena

- It can't be for one of us. - Shh!

Ha. Nice of them
to make it easy to climb down. - Escape to Athena

Ha. Nice of them to make it easy to climb down.

Make sure you only touch it
with your boots. - Escape to Athena

Make sure you only touch it with your boots.

- Zeno, my silencer doesn't fit.
- Shut up! - Escape to Athena

- Zeno, my silencer doesn't fit. - Shut up!

Is this your idea of not too many?
One, two, three, four... - Escape to Athena

Is this your idea of not too many? One, two, three, four...

Natarlich. - Escape to Athena

'..zu Ha use.
Die Kinder fragen jeden Tag...' - Escape to Athena

'..zu Ha use. Die Kinder fragen jeden Tag...'

What's next? - Escape to Athena

- Let's go.
- For the treasure? - Escape to Athena

- Let's go. - For the treasure?

- Here you are.
- Oh, thank you. - Escape to Athena

- Here you are. - Oh, thank you.

Zeno, are we getting
close to the treasure yet? - Escape to Athena

Zeno, are we getting close to the treasure yet?

- Schroeder speaking, sir.
- Phase one. - Escape to Athena

- Schroeder speaking, sir. - Phase one.

- Is that where they keep the treasure?
- Quiet. - Escape to Athena

- Is that where they keep the treasure? - Quiet.

With tap shoes, they could do music hall. - Escape to Athena

With tap shoes, they could do music hall.

You lied to us. You liar! - Escape to Athena

You lied to us. You liar!

OK... Let's stop that thing
and get out of here. - Escape to Athena

OK... Let's stop that thing and get out of here.

Nat, the opening in the wall, the cross... - Escape to Athena

Nat, the opening in the wall, the cross...

All right. If I get clear, follow me. - Escape to Athena

All right. If I get clear, follow me.

OK, where's the gold plates? - Escape to Athena

OK, where's the gold plates?

OK, Nat, you find the monks, - Escape to Athena

OK, Nat, you find the monks,

Zeno, where is the treasure?
Where are the gold plates? - Escape to Athena

Zeno, where is the treasure? Where are the gold plates?

You get the feeling
someone's been here before? - Escape to Athena

You get the feeling someone's been here before?

This place is programmed
to self-destruct and the timer is running. - Escape to Athena

This place is programmed to self-destruct and the timer is r...

Now you can get out of the brothel business - Escape to Athena

Now you can get out of the brothel business

And if I'm getting close, you say,
"Charlie, you're getting hot." - Escape to Athena

And if I'm getting close, you say, "Charlie, you&#...

May I see them?
I assure you I only want to look. - Escape to Athena

May I see them? I assure you I only want to look.

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A World War II adventure involving a group of Allied P.O.W.s, Nazis, black market priceless art treasures, Greek resistance, a Greek monastery, and a secret German rocket base.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: George P. Cosmatos

Writer: Edward Anhalt, Richard S. Lochte, George P. Cosmatos

Production: ITC Entertainment

Genre: action, adventure, comedy

Year: 1979

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 5.6

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 06 Jun 1979

Awards: N/A

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