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Oliver Reed
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Wolfgang Preiss
Col. von Haller
Karin Baal
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Ralf Wolter
Dr. Mendel
Jürgen Draeger
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Ernst Fritz Fürbringer
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Review 1DiscussionA review by CinemaSerf
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Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Mar 28 2022
I recall seeing this film as a child, and it always made me smile. Oliver Reed is the eponymous WWII POW who has a job at a zoo in Munich looking after "Lucy". Nope, she's not a glamorous blonde - she's an elephant, and quite a stubborn one at that. As the allies close in, it's decided to evacuate "Lucy" to Austria, but when an officer commandeers their train, they decide to walk - the two, with a pair of soldiers as escort and a cook. Their escapades are light hearted adventures with Reed on good form as the recalcitrant determined to get himself and his "girl" to the safety of Switzerland. Wo...
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Released
Original Language
English
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Keywords
- elephant
- switzerland
- world war ii
- prisoner of war
- zoo
- satire