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Lev Yashin. The Dream Goalkeeper (2019)

Lev Yashin. The Dream Goalkeeper poster
Original title
Лев Яшин. Вратарь моей мечты
Directed by
Vasiliy Chiginskiy
Genre
drama film, biographical film, association football film
Country
Russia
Runtime
2h
Rated
16
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 128 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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This is a biographical sports drama about Soviet goalkeeper Lev Yashin. It follows his life and career during the 1950s and 1960s in the USSR.

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What happens

Lev Yashin. The Goalee of My Dreams (Лев Яшин. Вратарь моей мечты, transl. Lev Yashin. The Dream Goalkeeper) is a 2019 Russian biographical sports drama film, unfolded in the historical period of the 50s and 60s of the USSR, telling the audience about the legend of the Soviet Union national football team. The film was directed by Vasiliy Chiginskiy, the script written by Aleksandr Polozov and produced by Oleg Kapanets about the life of the famous Soviet football goalkeeper Lev Yashin, where most of the characters are real people. The film stars Aleksandr Fokin as Yashin, with Yulia Khlynina, Aleksei Guskov, and Aleksei Kravchenko. The film was theatrically released in Russia on November 28, 2019, by Megogo Distribution. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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