A 1981 film cast real soccer legends as prisoners
Director John Huston cast Pelé and Bobby Moore alongside Sylvester Stallone in a World War II drama about Allied prisoners playing soccer against their Nazi captors.
In 1981, director John Huston released Victory, a World War II drama that blended the grit of a prison escape movie with the spectacle of professional sports. To bring authenticity to the film's central soccer match, Huston recruited some of the most famous athletes in the world. The cast featured Brazilian legend Pelé and English captain Bobby Moore, who played Allied prisoners of war forced into an exhibition match against a German national team.
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