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...
Released: Apr 11, 1963
Runtime: 83 minutes
Stars: Yuri Volkov, Vladimir Kashpur, Leonid Kuravlyov, Yuriy Nazarov, Vyacheslav Nevinnyy, Gleb Strizhenov
Crew: Yevgeni Karelov (Director), Andrei Petrov (Original Music Composer), Boris Tsaryov (Production Design), Feliks Boguslavsky (Production Design), Aleksandr Borshchagovskiy (Writer), Raisa Margachyova (Sound)