Ace of Aces (1982)
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.
Director: Gérard Oury
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Jean-Paul Belmondo as Jo Cavalier |
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Marie-France Pisier as Gaby Delcourt |
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Rachid Ferrache as Simon Rosenblum |
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Frank Hoffmann as Gunther von Beckman |
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Günter Meisner as Adolf Hitler / Angela Hitler |
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Benno Sterzenbach as Major Aschbach, Gestapo officer |
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Yves Pignot as Lucien |
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Florent Pagny as Boxer |
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Sonja Tuchmann as Sarah Rosenblum |
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Stéphane Ferrara as Micholo, boxer |
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Jean-Roger Milo as Emile |
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Maurice Auzel as Boxing trainer |
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Michael Gahr as Brückner, Hitler's adjutant |
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Martin Umbach as Lazare Rosenblum |
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Claus Fuchs as Dieter |
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Christoph Lindert as Mr. Hammel |
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Hans Wyprächtiger as Oberleutnant 'Grandpa' Rosenblum |
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Peter Bonke as |
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Gerd Roman Frosch as |
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David Gabison as |
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Tamara Kafka as |
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Marc Lamole as |
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Jacqueline Noëlle as |
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Pierre Semmler as |
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Adolf Hitler as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Jesse Owens as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Production | Thomas Schühly | Executive Producer |
| Art | Marc Frédérix | Set Decoration |
| Art | Rolf Zehetbauer | Production Design |
| Production | Sabine Schroth | Casting |
| Art | Herbert Strabel | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jacques Fonteray | Costume Design |
| Sound | Alain Sempé | Sound |
| Camera | Xaver Schwarzenberger | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Gérard Oury | Director |
| Sound | Vladimir Cosma | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Albert Jurgenson | Editor |
| Writing | Gérard Oury | Writer |
| Writing | Danièle Thompson | Writer |
| Production | Alain Poiré | Producer |
| Production | Jean-Paul Belmondo | Producer |
| Production | Horst Wendlandt | Producer |
