Ace of Aces

Ace of Aces

100 mins | Comedy, Adventure | Oct. 27, 1982

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.

Ace of Aces

100 mins | Comedy, Adventure | Oct. 27, 1982

Ace of Aces
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.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Gaumont, Bavaria Film, Gaumont International, Rialto Films, Cerito Films
Original title L'As des as
Directors Gérard Oury
Writers Gérard Oury, Danièle Thompson

Cast

Jean-Paul Belmondo

as Jo Cavalier

Marie-France Pisier

as Gaby Delcourt

Rachid Ferrache

as Simon Rosenblum

Frank Hoffmann

as Gunther von Beckman

Günter Meisner

as Adolf Hitler / Angela Hitler

Benno Sterzenbach

as Major Aschbach, Gestapo officer

Yves Pignot

as Lucien

Florent Pagny

as Boxer

Sonja Tuchmann

as Sarah Rosenblum

Stéphane Ferrara

as Micholo, boxer

Jean-Roger Milo

as Emile

Maurice Auzel

as Boxing trainer

Michael Gahr

as Brückner, Hitler's adjutant

Martin Umbach

as Lazare Rosenblum

Claus Fuchs

as Dieter

Christoph Lindert

as Mr. Hammel

Hans Wyprächtiger

as Oberleutnant 'Grandpa' Rosenblum

Adolf Hitler

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jesse Owens

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)