Back Escape to Athena AN Evasió a Atenea Catalan Escape to Athena Welsh Flucht nach Athena German Απόδραση στην Αθήνα Greek فرار به آتن Persian Pääkalloprikaati Finnish Bons Baisers d'Athènes French Escape to Athena Frisian Escape to Athena ID

Escape to Athena

Escape to Athena
Escape to Athena release poster
Directed byGeorge P. Cosmatos
Screenplay byEdward Anhalt
Richard S. Lochte
Story byRichard S. Lochte
George P. Cosmatos
Produced byDavid Niven Jr.
Jack Wiener
StarringRoger Moore
Telly Savalas
David Niven
Stefanie Powers
Claudia Cardinale
Richard Roundtree
Sonny Bono
Elliott Gould
CinematographyGil Taylor
Edited byRalph Kemplen
Music byLalo Schifrin
Production
company
Distributed byAssociated Film Distribution
Release dates
  • 9 March 1979 (1979-03-09) (United Kingdom)
  • 6 June 1979 (1979-06-06) (United States)
  • 19 July 1979 (1979-07-19) (Argentina)
  • 12 January 1980 (1980-01-12) (Sweden)
Running time
125 minutes
(Sweden: 119 minutes)
(Argentina: 120 minutes)
(United States: 101 minutes)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesEnglish
Spanish
Swedish
Budget$10 million[1]
Box office$850,000 (US rentals)[2]

Escape to Athena is a 1979 British 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.

  1. ^ 'Anglo-Saxon Type Two-double-O-eight': The enduring, highly amused, and indomitably British style of David Niven. Dangaard, Colin. Chicago Tribune 15 Oct 1978: h58.
  2. ^ "THE BIG THUDS OF 1979--FILMS THAT FLOPPED, BADLY". Los Angeles Times. 27 April 1980. p. o6.

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