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5.0The film is based on the real fact — football «The Death Match» between the German team and a team of Soviet prisoners of war, former "Dinamo". It happened in Kiev on June 22, 1942. Anticipating the possibility of losing, the Germans made a condition — defeat or death. If the Germans won, the Soviet footballers were promised freedom...
Released: 1963-04-1183 minDir: Yevgeni KarelovWar, Drama
Cast
- Yuri Volkov as Sokolovsky
- Vladimir Kashpur as Kirill Zaitsev
- Leonid Kuravlyov as Lyonya Fokin
- Yuriy Nazarov as Misha Skachko
- Vyacheslav Nevinnyy as Savchuk
- Gleb Strizhenov as Yevgeni Ryazantsev
Themes
- based on novel or book
- nazi
- sports
- world war ii
- based on true story
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1960s sports drama films1960s war drama films1962 films1962 Russian-language films1962 Soviet films1962 war filmsFilms directed by Yevgeny KarelovHolocaust filmsMosfilm filmsRussian-language sports drama filmsRussian-language war drama filmsSoviet association football filmsSoviet black-and-white films