The Goalkeeper (1936)

Original title

Вратарь

Directed by

Semyon Timoshenko

Genre

comedy film, musical film, association football film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 11m

Rating

7.9 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man becomes a goalkeeper for a football team. The story follows his adventures on and off the field as the team prepares for a big match.

feel-goodlightheartedwhimsicalplayfulupbeatsports-filledenergeticnostalgic

What happens

The Goalkeeper (Russian: Вратарь, romanized: Vratar) is a 1936 Soviet sports-musical comedy film directed by Semyon Timoshenko. The screen version of novel by Lev Kassil Goalkeeper of the Republic, one of the first literary works about sport in the USSR. It also became the first Soviet full-length feature film about association football. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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