The Game of Their Lives (2002)

Directed by

Daniel Gordon

Genre

documentary film, association football film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 20m

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A documentary about the surviving players of the North Korean national football team that reached the 1966 World Cup quarterfinals. It tells their story and the impact of their unexpected victory over Italy.

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What happens

The Game of Their Lives (Korean: 천리마 축구단; lit. 'Chollima Football Team') is a 2002 documentary film directed and produced by Daniel Gordon with Nicholas Bonner of Koryo Tours as an associate producer about the seven surviving members of the North Korea national football team who participated in the 1966 FIFA World Cup. Their victory over Italy propelled the North Korean team into the quarter-final: it was the first time an Asian team had advanced so far in a World Cup. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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