Is the movie victory a true story?

Asked by: Rosemary Bridges

The original draft of the script was a serious drama, based on the true story of a group of allied P.O.W.s challenged to a football match by the Germans. The deal was that if the Germans won the match, the P.O.W.s would be set free in Switzerland. However, if the P.O.W.s won, they would be shot.

Is Escape to Victory film based on a true story?

Escape to Victory has a true story around which to base its tactics: a group of POW’s in Germany were challenged to a football match by their captors and the deal was: lose and be set free in Switzerland or win and face the firing squad. Not much of a choice, but the POW’s won and were promptly shot.

How many real footballers were in Escape to Victory?

Huston’s scope of ambition saw him include no less than 14 professional footballers into Escape To Victory, adding credence to its taut sports action.

Was the movie the match based on true events?

Brief synopsis. The Match tells the story of the true events which transpired in the spring of 1944 when the Nazis organized a football match between the Hungarian prisoners and an elite Nazi team to commemorate Adolf Hitler’s birthday.

Is Pelé in Escape to Victory?

HOLLYWOOD superstar Sylvester Stallone has revealed football icon Pele broke his finger with a penalty during the filming of Escape to Victory. The 1981 film, which was about a group of Allied prisoners of war playing a football match against a Nazi team, starred both Stallone and Brazilian legend Pele.

Which stadium was used for Escape to Victory?

In the movie, the match was supposedly played in Paris at the Colombes Stadium, which hosted the 1938 World Cup Final. But the filmmakers needed a place without floodlights, so they chose the Hidegkuti Nándor Stadium in Budapest, which was demolished in 2015, for filming.

Where was victory filmed?

O’Callaghan and Wark were two of a number of Ipswich players who spent five weeks in Hungary in the summer of 1980 filming Escape to Victory, their manager Bobby Robson having passed on an invite to his squad from a friend in the film industry who was looking for real footballers to take part.

What do the crowd chant at the end of Escape to Victory?

“Victoire!” chant the French crowd. Even Nazi officer Major Von Steiner rises to applaud. Football films get a bad rap, but when they get it right, as in this standout moment from the big Nazis v Allied soldiers match at the end of 1981 war-time flick Escape to Victory, it is thrilling.

Who scored the goals for the Allies in Escape to Victory?

It’s obvious that the movie means every star in the movie to have his moment of glory. So Stallone saves the penalty, and the goals from the POW-team are scored by the three World Champions Bobby Moore, Osvaldo Ardiles and Pelé (the all-important last one), and by rising star John Wark.

Who was in the team in Escape to Victory?

Team Sheet

Was Michael Caine in The Great Escape?

Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson are set to star in The Great Escaper, a film inspired by the true story of 2014 when Bernard Jordan escaped from his care home to attend the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings in France.