Movie
1979
Escape to Athena is a 1979 British action adventure comedy war film directed by George P. Cosmatos. It stars Roger Moore, Telly Savalas, David Niven, Stefanie Powers, Claudia Cardinale, Richard Roundtree, Sonny Bono and Elliott Gould. The film is set during the Second World War on a German-occupied Greek island. The music was composed by Lalo Schifrin. It was filmed on location on the island of Rhodes.
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With its global scope, it was inevitable that the Second World War would be fought on some battlefields that could become popular tourist destinations during peacetime. One such location is the setting of *Escape to Athena*, a 1979 British action comedy directed by George Pan Cosmatos. The plot begins in 1944 on a Greek island under German occupation, where Allied POWs, including archaeologist Professor Blake (playe…More
