Ace of Aces

Overview

In this action comedy the French boxer Jo Cavalier is charmed on the train to Berlin for the Olympics in Hitler's Germany by the little boy Simon Rosenblum who asks his autograph; when it turns out his adorable young fan is a Jewish orphan in danger of persecution, he risks his one shot at Olympic glory to save Simon and his family, helped only by a German officer-gentleman who became his friend in World War I, by an adventurous escape to Switzerland, Nazi troops on their heals and braving impossible odds in roller coaster-style.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 27, 1982

Original language

French

Spoken languages

French

Countries

France, Germany

Production

Gaumont,Bavaria Film,Gaumont International,Cerito Films,Rialto Films

Cast

Tamara Kafka,Peter Bonke,Sonja Tuchmann,Günter Meisner,Stéphane Ferrara,Rachid Ferrache,Florent Pagny,Maurice Auzel,Gerd Roman Frosch,Hans Wyprächtigerand 16 more

Director

Gérard Oury

Writer

Gérard Oury,Danièle Thompson

Producer

Horst Wendlandt,Alain Poiré,Jean-Paul Belmondo,Thomas Schühly

Cinematography

Xaver Schwarzenberger

Music

Vladimir Cosma

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0083580