Escape to Athena is a British adventure war film (with several elements of comedy) released in 1979, directed and co-authored by George Pan Cosmatos and produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment. The international cast included many well-known actors of the 1970s, including Roger Moore, Telly Savalas and Elliott Gould.The film is set during the Second World War on a German-occupied Greek island. According to the film credits, it was filmed on the island of Rhodes.