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The Match

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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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Status: Released

Released Date: 2021-07-10

Runtime: 119 mins

Director: Dominik Sedlar, Jakov Sedlar

Writer: Dominik Sedlar, Stephen Ollendorff, Gary Hertz

Spoken language: English

Genres: Drama, History, War

Original title: The Match

Production Companies: Ineomedia, Nexus Productions, Ollendorff Center, Oluja Film, VISION Studios

Production Countries: Croatia, United States of America

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