🎬 Documentary

Mundial: The Highest Stakes

2014 1h 36m Dir. Michał Bielawski

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A documentary tale about sport and politics under martial law. All of Poland saw the great goals of Boniek and Smolarek during the Espana '82 championships. For a moment, it was forgotten that the background of the sporting performance was martial law, censorship, an army on the streets, prisons filled with oppositionists. The performance of the players was so successful that it was called "the most beautiful series of martial law". The game is watched by interned activists of "Solidarity", sports journalists and censors, cutting out all manifestations of the opposition from television broadcasts. We also get to know the performance in Spain from the perspective of the players, trying to meet not only their ambitions but also to bear the burden of fans' expectations and regime propaganda.

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Year
2014
Runtime
1h 36m
Genre
Documentary
Language
PL

Cast

🎭 Documentary 🎬 Michał Bielawski 👤 Zbigniew Boniek 👤 Dariusz Szpakowski 👤 Włodzimierz Zientarski
football (soccer) poland mundial polish history post-war poland championship fight world championship sport

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Mundial: The Highest Stakes has a runtime of 1h 36m (1 hour and 36 minutes).
Mundial: The Highest Stakes was directed by Michał Bielawski and released in 2014.
Mundial: The Highest Stakes is a Documentary film (2014).
The cast of Mundial: The Highest Stakes includes Zbigniew Boniek, Dariusz Szpakowski, Włodzimierz Zientarski, Grzegorz Lato.

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