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The Match

The Match

They were forced to play. They refused to lose.

20216.11h 59m

Overview

Inspired by true events from the spring of 1944 when the Nazis organized a football match between a team of camp inmates and an elite Nazi team on Adolf Hitler's birthday. A match the prisoners are determined to win, no matter what happens.

Directed by Dominik Sedlar
Written by Stephen Ollendorff, Dominik Sedlar, Gary Hertz
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Top Cast

Franco Nero

Franco Nero

Old Branko

Caspar Phillipson

Caspar Phillipson

Colonel Franz

Filip Tallhamn

Filip Tallhamn

Karolyi Faraco

Andrej Dojkić

Andrej Dojkić

Laszlo Horvath

Viktor Kulhanek

Viktor Kulhanek

Young Branko

Armand Assante

Armand Assante

Commander

Milton Welsh

Milton Welsh

Peter

Robert Maaser

Robert Maaser

Hans Gruber

Philippe Reinhardt

Philippe Reinhardt

Henckel

Andrea Zirio

Andrea Zirio

Sandor Stekely

Themes & Keywords

naziworld war iifootball (soccer)death campprisoners

About The Match

The Match is a drama, history, war film released in 2021 exploring themes of nazi, world war ii, football (soccer), death camp, prisoners. Directed by Dominik Sedlar, it stars Franco Nero, Caspar Phillipson, Filip Tallhamn. Inspired by true events from the spring of 1944 when the Nazis organized a football match between a team of camp inmates and an elite Nazi team on Adolf Hitler's birthday. A match the prisoners are determined to win, no matter what happens.

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