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ERA
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41 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
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Wild Geese II
"They're back in the most spectacular rescue mission ever filmed!"
1985 2h 5m EN
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★4.8TMDB · 36
ActionThriller
Synopsis
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A group of mercenaries is hired to spring Rudolf Hess from Spandau Prison in Berlin.
“They're back in the most spectacular rescue mission ever filmed!”
Cast
Scott Glenn
John Haddad
Barbara Carrera
Kathy Lukas
Edward Fox
Alex Faulkner
Laurence Olivier
Rudolf Hess
Robert Webber
Robert McCann
Robert Freitag
Stroebling
Kenneth Haigh
Col. Reed-Henry
Stratford Johns
Mustapha El Ali
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Peter R. Hunt
- Writers
- Reginald Rose
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.
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Fun facts 🍿
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CINEMA
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Part of the "The Wild Geese Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Keith Palmer shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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ERA
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Scott Glenn and Barbara Carrera and Edward Fox carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "They're back in the most spectacular rescue mission ever filmed!".
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt0090323 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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WILD
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Only 36 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Peter R. Hunt directs. Keith Palmer cuts. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 141 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 2Part of the "The Wild Geese Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
- 3Editor Keith Palmer shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 4Scott Glenn and Barbara Carrera and Edward Fox carry the top of the cast.
- 5Marketing tagline: "They're back in the most spectacular rescue mission ever filmed!".
- 6IMDB entry: tt0090323 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 36 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Editing
- Keith Palmer
- Runtime
- 125 min · 2h 5m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $14,200,000
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- R
Part of
The Wild Geese Collection
The Wild Geese is a British 1978 adventure film directed by Andrew V. McLaglen about a group of mercenaries in Africa. Euan Lloyd produced a sequel Wild Geese II (1985), based on the novel Square Circle, also by Daniel Carney.
Also by
Peter R. Hunt
Stills · wallpapers
Selected frames
Full-resolution frames — open one to save it as a wallpaper.
Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
- FR
Frontier Films
Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment
GB
Key crew
- NovelDaniel Carney
- Still PhotographerLaurie Ridley
- MusicRoy Budd
- CinematographyMichael Reed
- EditorKeith Palmer
- ProducerEuan Lloyd
- Executive ProducerChris Chrisafis
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- prisoner
- germany
- mercenary
- rescue mission
- europe
- west berlin
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1985-10-18R
Also known as
International titles
- Les Oies sauvages IIFR
- SprængstofDK
- Wildgänse II – Sie fliegen wiederDE
- Wildgänse 2DE
- Vadlibák 2: Rudolf Hess elrablásaHU
- Vadlibák 2 Rudolf Hess elrablásaHU
- Άγριες Χήνες 2GR
- Άγριες Χήνες IIGR
