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...
- Genre: War, Drama
- Studio: Mosfilm
- Keyword: based on novel or book, nazi, sports, world war ii, based on true story, football (soccer), 1940s
- Cast: Yuri Volkov, Vladimir Kashpur, Leonid Kuravlyov, Yuriy Nazarov, Vyacheslav Nevinnyy, Gleb Strizhenov