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Escape to Athena

Duration: 1 hour, 54 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 6 months

Wartime action yarn about a group of Allied prisoners of war who plan to escape while excavating an archaeological site on a German-occupied Greek island. Show more

Contributors

Major Otto Hecht:
Roger Moore
Professor Blake:
David Niven
Charlie Dane:
Elliott Gould
Bruno Rotelli:
Sonny Bono
Dottie Del Mar:
Stefanie Powers
SS Major Volkmann:
Anthony Valentine
Producer:
Edward Anhalt

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