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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Ace of Aces (1982)

Unrated

Action/Adventure · 1h 40m · 10/27/1982

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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.

Status

Released

Languages

French, German

Countries

France, Germany

Production Companies

Cerito Films, Gaumont, Rialto Film

Budget

$5,500,000
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Cast
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Günter Meisner

Adolf Hitler / Angela Hitler
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Stéphane Ferrara

Un boxeur
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Sonja Tuchmann

Sarah Rosenblum
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Yves Pignot

Emile
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Benno Sterzenbach

Major Aschbach - Gestapo officer
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Hans Strecke

Customer
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Jean-Roger Milo

Lucien
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Rachid Ferrache

Simon Rosenblum
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Michael Gahr

Brückner - Hitler's adjutant
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Martin Umbach

Lazare Rosenblum
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Frank Hoffmann

Gunther von Beckman
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Marie-France Pisier

Gaby Delcourt
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Jean-Paul Belmondo

Jo Cavalier
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Hans Wyprächtiger

Oberleutnant 'Grandpa' Rosenblum
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Ulrich Johannson

Chauffeur (uncredited)
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Florent Pagny

Un boxeur
Crew
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Gérard Oury

Director
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Gérard Oury

Writer
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Xaver Schwarzenberger

Cinematograpy
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Albert Jurgenson

Editor
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Vladimir Cosma

Music
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Rolf Zehetbauer

Art
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Alain Poiré

Producer
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Thomas Schühly

Producer
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Danièle Thompson

Writer
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Horst Wendlandt

Producer
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