The Match

2020
1h 59m

IMDb RATING

5.8/10

922

YOUR RATING

Armand Assante, Franco Nero, Caspar Phillipson, and Filip Tallhamn in The Match (2020)

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Prison Drama Soccer Drama History Sport War

Inspired by true events from the spring of 1944 when the Nazis organized a soccer match between a team of camp inmates and an elite Nazi team on Adolf Hitler's birthday. A match the prisoner... Read allInspired by true events from the spring of 1944 when the Nazis organized a soccer 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 happensInspired by true events from the spring of 1944 when the Nazis organized a soccer 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

Directors
- Dominik Sedlar
- Jakov Sedlar
Writers
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

5.8/10

922

YOUR RATING

Directors
- Dominik Sedlar
- Jakov Sedlar
Writers
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 3 nominations total

Videos2

Photos25

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User reviews12

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3VKintheUK-83-552768

A poor version of a great story

The plot is dull, the football action meek and amateurish. Three stars fully justified by cameos from Viduka, Kova & Lovren. More of a freestyle, pseudo-docu reconstruction that looks cheap and.fails to generate any emotional attachment. Really poor.

9ruud-dijkstra

A 'soccer' for a soccer player

Despite the previous reviews I loved this movie. You get hold by the granddad who is telling its lifestory to his grandchild... a beautifull life lesson to be passed foreword. It reminds you of the fact that the only thing in life what is important is life itselfs.

So no spoiler alerts here. But please see this movie and see this Hungarian man standing his grounds... by God almighty, this is what humanity should be...

Be fair, be right, be justice

Help eachother when in need and respect one another, if you respect human life you respect progress..

# I'm Dutch, so sorry if I made some grammar mistakes... Loved the movie & football (so we say in Europe ;-)

9gianmarcoronconi

Wonderfull

This is not a real review, it should be understood more as a collection of impressions on the film.

A low-budget film that tells the story of a football match between Nazis and prisoners in a concentration camp, that said, the film seems to be a very sad half-assed film and instead it turns out to be a compelling and emotionally charged thing that fully captures you from the beginning to the end, mixing moments heavy and trying to beautiful scenes of lightness and lightheartedness so as to give a complete film which, even if it tells a tragic and terrible story, does not fall into total despair because it wants to teach us something and it does so masterfully.

5fixxy75

Good flick

This film is, in my opinion, quite solid. It's not perfect, but the story flows well and the message is most important. The human spirit cannot be defeated.

And for all the reviewers who expected star power and high-octane action movie, look elsewhere. This is, after all, drama-indie flick.

Story 10 * Directing 7 * Editing 8 * Score 8 * Casting 6 * VFX 4 *

8imael_mo

Another side of the typical war story line

I absolutely loved this move. As I have seen many pre war movies. I already had an assumption in my mind about this movie. But it was different. Sensitive and daring at the same time. Ppl will give their last if they believe in what's it's right. You can't deny anyone talent.

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Trivia
A loose remake of À nous la victoire (1981).

Goofs
Space Boots -- Low-cut (below the ankle) football boots/ soccer cleats were not invented until 1954, ten years after this movie takes place. The boots worn in the game are very modern, with the collared pair shown at 1:48:20 coming out at least 70 years after the game.

Which Way Did He Go? -- Kick-offs could not go backward in 1944. First pass had to be forward from 1883-2016.

Clothes Maketh Man -- The goalkeeper is wearing the same jersey as his team, which was (and still is) against the rules.