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Oliver Reed
Brooks
Michael J. Pollard
Packy
Wolfgang Preiss
Col. von Haller
Karin Baal
Vronia
Helmuth Lohner
Willi
Peter Carsten
Kurt
Ralf Wolter
Dr. Mendel
Jürgen Draeger
Sami
Ernst Fritz Fürbringer
Kellerman
John Alderton
Bernard
Maria Brockerhoff
Anna
Til Kiwe
Von Haller's Sergeant
Ernst Fritz Fürbringer
Elephant Keeper Kellermann
Erik Jelde
Zoo Director Stern
Fred Haltiner
Josef
John Porter-Davison
Geordie
Terence Sewards
Twilight
James Donald
Padre
Robert Rietti
Elephant Keeper Kellermann (voice)
Harald Dietl
German Soldier at Brooks' Arrest (uncredited)
Karl-Heinz Thomas
Offizier (uncredited)
Nikki Van der Zyl
Vronia (voice) (uncredited)

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A review by CinemaSerf

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...