Andrei MALYUKOV Андрей МАЛЮКОВ Andreï MALIOUKOV   Russia, 2012, 117 mn  Colour, fiction

The Match ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Матч    Le Match  Match

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Plot synopsis

1942. Nikolai Ranevich, a goalkeeper and star of Dynamo Kiev, loses the most precious things in life: his freedom, his beloved Anna, and the opportunity to play football. Anna saves Nikolai from captivity, but now they cannot be together... Then the Germans organise a football championship between local teams and the Wehrmacht team. Ranevich gathers his friends and once again goes onto the pitch to play for honour, love, and the motherland!

 

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Commentaries and bibliography

Andrei Maliukov: The Match (Match, 2012), Stephen NORRIS, kinokultura.com, 2013

The Match of Death : Kiev 9 August 1942, James RIORDAN, EBSCO Publishing, 2003

 

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Selected in the following festivals :

- Beijing's First Ever International Film Festival, Beijing (China), 2013

- Marbella Russian Filmfest, Marbella (Spain), 2013

- Russian Resurrection Film Festival, Different cities (Australia), 2012

- Sputnik nad Polska, Warsaw (Poland), 2012

- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2012

- Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2012

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Photos and videos

 

Euro 2012 : un film sur des footballeurs ukrainiens tués en 1942 fait polémique par Gentside

 

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