Victory

1981
PG
1h 56m

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

34K

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Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine, and Pelé in Victory (1981)

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Soccer Drama Sport War

As allied P.O.W.s prepare for a soccer game against the German National Team to be played in Nazi-occupied Paris, the French Resistance and British officers are making plans for the team's e... Read allAs allied P.O.W.s prepare for a soccer game against the German National Team to be played in Nazi-occupied Paris, the French Resistance and British officers are making plans for the team's escape.As allied P.O.W.s prepare for a soccer game against the German National Team to be played in Nazi-occupied Paris, the French Resistance and British officers are making plans for the team's escape.

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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

34K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination

Trivia
Sir Michael Caine admitted that the only reason he agreed to make this movie was the opportunity to work alongside soccer legend Pelé.

Goofs
During the match an injured POW player is taken off by stretcher and another player puts on a shirt to replace him. Substitutes were not introduced in this way until 1953; until that point, a "substitute" was a player who stood in for another who had failed to turn up for the game and players were not replaced once the match was underway.

Quotes
Hatch: This frigging game is ruining my life.

Alternate versions
CBS edited 20 minutes from this film for its 1983 network television premiere.

Connections
Featured in Sneak Previews: Victory/Condorman/Loulou/Under the Rainbow (1981)

Soundtracks
Symphony 5, 4th movement
(uncredited)
Written by Dmitri Shostakovich

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This movie is part of my childhood.

This movie is part of my childhood. My older brother was obsessed - to say the least - with this movie, and we used to watch it every week or so. I must have seen it about a hundred times. Pelé, Ardiles, Bob Moore... No football fan can miss this movie. Is it any good? I don't think it's very good, but this is one of those movies that really made part of my life and i can never forget it. Until today - i haven't seen the movie in several years - i can recall many of the dialogs, and a lot of the situations of the game. Brazil was eliminated in 1982's world cup after an epic game against Italy - one of the most profound traumas in Brazilian football history, an event that made Brazil to change it's game style - the art football - to a more pragmatic and tactical style. Somehow this movie reminds me of that golden period of Brazilian football.

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