Ace of Aces
6.6
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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Cast
26 people
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Jo Cavalier
Known for
Breathless
Pierrot le Fou
Marie-France Pisier
Gaby Delcourt
Known for
Antoine and Colette
Bacon on the Side
Rachid Ferrache
Simon Rosenblum
Known for
Banzaï
Frank Hoffmann
Gunther von Beckman
Also in
Die Weltings vom Hauptbahnhof
Bella Ciao
Günter Meisner
Adolf Hitler / Angela Hitler
Known for
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
In a Glass Cage
Benno Sterzenbach
Major Aschbach, Gestapo officer
Known for
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
Pippi on the Run
Yves Pignot
Lucien
Known for
Serial Teachers
The Horde
Florent Pagny
Boxer
Known for
Fort Saganne
Sonja Tuchmann
Sarah Rosenblum
Also in
Zwei Nasen tanken Super
Spring Symphony
Stéphane Ferrara
Micholo, boxer
Known for
Paprika
Let the Corpses Tan
Jean-Roger Milo
Emile
Known for
Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar
Germinal
Maurice Auzel
Boxing trainer
Known for
The Vultures
Hunter Will Get You
Gérard Oury Director · Danièle Thompson Writer Vladimir Cosma Composer
Worldwide gross $41M · Budget $6.1M · United States release October 27, 1982
Box office
Budget
$6,100,000
Worldwide gross
$40,900,000
Gross vs. budget
6.7×
Production
Bavaria Film
Production
Rialto Films
Production
Gaumont International
Production
Cerito Films
Production
Gaumont
Production
France · Germany
Produced in
Languages
Original title
L'As des as
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French · German
Release dates
France · October 27, 1982
Theatrical
United States · October 27, 1982
Theatrical
Denmark
February 14, 1983 · Theatrical
Germany
January 14, 1983 · Theatrical
Hungary
November 9, 1989 · Theatrical
Netherlands
February 3, 1983 · Theatrical
Norway
December 26, 1982 · Theatrical
Portugal
December 17, 1982 · Theatrical
Slovakia
April 9, 2025 · Digital · VOYO
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