Summaries

In 1936, a French boxer on his way to the Berlin Olympic Games befriends a local Jewish boy and decides to save him from the Nazis.

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.—KGF Vissers

Details

Keywords
  • 1930s
  • berlin germany
  • olympic games
  • 1936 summer olympics
  • 1936 olympics
Genres
  • Adventure
  • Comedy
  • Sport
Release date Oct 26, 1982
Countries of origin France West Germany
Official sites Gaumont
Language German French
Filming locations Bad Tölz, Bavaria, Germany
Production companies Gaumont Cerito Films Soprofilms

Box office

Budget $40000000

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 40m
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 1.66 : 1

Synopsis

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