Escape to Victory Escape to Victory Escape to Victory, known simply as Victory in North America, is a 1981 American film about Allied prisoners of war who are interned in a German prison camp during the Second World War who play an exhibition match of football against a German team. The film was directed by John Huston and starred Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine, Max von Sydow, Pelé, and Daniel Massey. The film received great attention upon its theatrical release, as it also starred professional footballers Bobby Moore, Osvaldo Ardiles, Kazimierz Deyna, Paul Van Himst, Mike Summerbee, Hallvar Thoresen, Werner Roth and Pelé. Numerous
Danny Huston for his performance as Sandy Woodrow in Fernando Meirelles' "The Constant Gardener". That year, Huston starred in the critically acclaimed Australian "western" "The Proposition" with Guy Pearce and Emily Watson. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Huston also starred in the British independent features "Alpha Male" and Oliver Parker’s "Fade to Black", in which he played Orson Welles alongside Christopher Walken and Paz Vega. He has collaborated several times with British directors Mike Figgis and Bernard Rose, most recently with Rose on "The Kreutzer Sonata", which premiered at the 2008 Edinburgh International Film Festival. His other film credits