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Ace of Aces

1982 · 100 min

A lively, good-natured adventure that mixes slapstick chases with a warm rescue story, keeping danger light and the mood buoyant.

Directed by: Gérard Oury
Genres: Adventure, Comedy
Starring: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Marie-France Pisier, Rachid Ferrache

Overview: 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.

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Directed by: Gérard Oury
Genres: Adventure, Comedy
Starring: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Marie-France Pisier, Rachid Ferrache

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Tone: whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
loyalty
survival
justice
family
Places: big city
countryside
road trip
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	6
Horror	1
Humour	7
Realism	5
Romance	4
Tension	5
Darkness	3
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: adventure, comedy
Directed by: Gérard Oury
Written by: Gérard Oury, Danièle Thompson
Starring: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Marie-France Pisier, Rachid Ferrache, Frank Hoffmann, Günter Meisner, Benno Sterzenbach, Yves Pignot, Florent Pagny
Music: Vladimir Cosma
Cinematography: Xaver Schwarzenberger
Runtime: 100 min
Country: France, Germany
Languages: French

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