Match - Russian Film Festival

02/09/2012

104 mins

Andrey Malyukov

ergei Bezrukov, Karen Badalov, Stanislav Boklan, Elizaveta Boyarskaya, Godehard Giese

Based on the true story of the “Death Match” featuring Dynamo Kiev, 1942.The setting is Kiev during the Second World War when Hitler’s armies occupied the city. Based on a true story, Match revels in sporting genre conventions - from tense moments on the football pitch to gripping war and action, to passion, romance and drama. The film is based on a football match that every Ukrainian knows: the "Death Match" of 1942,