Year: 1979
Runtime: 125 mins
Language: English
Director: George P. Cosmatos
During World II, a diverse group of prisoners—a patriotic fighter, a learned professor, a comic entertainer and a nightclub stripper—plan a daring escape from a German camp on a Greek island. Beyond freedom they pursue a legendary treasure concealed in a monastery perched atop the island’s mountain.
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