Escape to Athena poster
Director George P. Cosmatos
Screenplay Edward Anhalt, Richard S. Lochte

Escape to Athena

Tagline: The patriot, the professor, the comic and the stripper... were fighting for what they believed in... Getting rich!

Release Date: 1979-05-21

Duration: 125 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Roger Moore
    Otto Hecht
  • Claudia Cardinale
    Eleana
  • Elliott Gould
    Charlie
  • Telly Savalas
    Zeno
  • William Holden
    POW (uncredited)
  • Richard Roundtree
    Nat Judson
  • Stefanie Powers
    Dottie Del Mar
  • David Niven
    Professor Blake
  • Sonny Bono
    Bruno Rotelli
  • Paul Stassino
    Zeno's Man