Victory
Let There Be Light: The Films of John Huston
December 19, 2014 - January 11, 2015
In Huston’s must-be-seen-to-be-believed mash-up of the sports movie and the POW escape thriller, Michael Caine and Max von Sydow share the screen with a star-studded lineup of international soccer stars, headlined by the legendary Pelé.
Huston recruited a star-studded lineup of international soccer stars, headlined by the legendary Pelé, to appear in his must-be-seen-to-be-believed mash-up of the sports movie and the POW escape thriller. Victory includes the incredible sight of Michael Caine, as a captured British captain, and Max von Sydow, as a kindly German officer, finding common ground over their shared status as onetime pro footballers. But the movie’s highlight is, without a doubt, the climactic Allied/Axis soccer match, during which Caine’s team of POWs—including Sylvester Stallone as a hotheaded American— find themselves faced with an impossible choice: escape or win?
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