by Hal Erickson
synopsis
The French/German Ace of Aces stars Jean-Paul Belmondo as a dauntless World War One flyboy. Nearly 20 years after cessation of hostilities, Belmondo attends the 1936 Berlin Olympics as manager of the French boxing team. Through a series of plot twists too incredible to relate, Our Hero finds himself shepherding a group of Jewish refugees to safety. Alas, his sense of direction isn't so hot, and the refugees end up at Hitler's mountain retreat! Originally titled L'As De As, Ace of Aces is a black comedy in the Mel Brooks tradition.
characteristics
- Heroic Mission
- Daring Rescues
- Olympics
- Team
- Olympic-Games
- Party
- Refugee
- Smuggler
- Olympiad
- Smuggling
- Judaism
- Boxing
- Boxer
- Behind-enemy-lines
- Escape
