Movie

The Match

2021 · 119 min

A somber, tension-filled historical drama that weighs hope against cruelty, with a football match as a desperate act of defiance.

Tagline: They were forced to play. They refused to lose.
Overview: 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.
How it feels: Dark, tense, earnest and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Survival, war, power, justice
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
war
power
justice
freedom
Places: military
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: true story
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex none