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Third Time (1963)

Third Time (1963)

Drama War
Release Date: 1963, April 11
Directors: Yevgeni Karelov
Countries: Soviet Union
Production: Mosfilm
Cast: Yuriy Nazarov, Vyacheslav Nevinnyy, Valentina Sharykina, Leonid Kuravlyov, Vladimir Kashpur, Aleksandra Danilova, Igor Pushkaryov, Gennadiy Yukhtin, Lidiya Dranovskaya, Yuri Volkov, Vladimir Pitsek, Valentīns Skulme

Overview:

The 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...

Keywords:

based on novel or book based on true story sports world war ii 1940s nazi football (soccer)