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Ace of Aces

Ace of Aces

19827.01h 40m

Overview

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.

Directed by Gérard Oury
Written by Danièle Thompson, Gérard Oury
Produced by Alain Poiré, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Horst Wendlandt
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Top Cast

Jean-Paul Belmondo

Jean-Paul Belmondo

Jo Cavalier

Marie-France Pisier

Marie-France Pisier

Gaby Delcourt

Rachid Ferrache

Rachid Ferrache

Simon Rosenblum

Frank Hoffmann

Frank Hoffmann

Gunther von Beckman

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Günter Meisner

Adolf Hitler / Angela Hitler

Benno Sterzenbach

Benno Sterzenbach

Major Aschbach, Gestapo officer

Yves Pignot

Yves Pignot

Lucien

Florent Pagny

Florent Pagny

Boxer

Sonja Tuchmann

Sonja Tuchmann

Sarah Rosenblum

Stéphane Ferrara

Stéphane Ferrara

Micholo, boxer

Themes & Keywords

sportsbelmondo

About Ace of Aces

Ace of Aces is a adventure, comedy film released in 1982 exploring themes of sports, belmondo. Directed by Gérard Oury, it stars Jean-Paul Belmondo, Marie-France Pisier, Rachid Ferrache. 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.

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