Ace of Aces

Ace of Aces

1982

Movie Information

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.

Release Date

October 27, 1982

Director

Gérard Oury

Runtime

1h 40m

Cast

Jean-Paul BelmondoMarie-France PisierRachid FerracheFrank HoffmannGünter MeisnerBenno SterzenbachYves PignotFlorent PagnySonja TuchmannStéphane Ferrara

Production

Bavaria FilmRialto FilmsGaumont InternationalCerito FilmsGaumont

Genres

AdventureComedy

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