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Where was Escape to Victory filmed?

1982 film, directed by John Huston.

  • Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion

The story is set in Paris, about 776 miles (1,249 km) from where it was filmed.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
Paris
Filmed in
Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion
Distance
About 776 miles (1,249 km) between Paris and the nearest filming location.

About Escape to Victory

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Released
1982
Director
John Huston
Cast
Sylvester StalloneMichael CainePeléMax von SydowBobby MooreDaniel MasseyOsvaldo ArdilesPaul Van HimstKazimierz DeynaHallvar Thoresen
Genre
DramaWarPrisonAssociation Football
Based on
Two Half Times in Hell

The story

Colby is the captain and essentially the manager of the team and thus chooses his squad of players.

Hatch succeeds in escaping the prison camp and finding the Resistance in Paris.

However, he is placed in solitary confinement, and thus the prisoners do not know if the French underground will help them.

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