Description
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.
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Release Date1982
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Runtime1 hr 40 min
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Languagefr
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Rating7.056 (346)
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Genres
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DirectorGérard Oury
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CastJean-Paul BelmondoMarie-France PisierRachid FerracheFrank HoffmannGünter MeisnerBenno SterzenbachYves PignotFlorent PagnySonja TuchmannStéphane FerraraJean-Roger MiloMaurice AuzelMichael GahrMartin UmbachClaus FuchsChristoph LindertHans WyprächtigerPeter BonkeGerd Roman FroschDavid GabisonTamara KafkaMarc LamoleJacqueline NoëllePierre SemmlerAdolf HitlerJesse Owens