Wild League (2019)

Original title

Дикая лига

Directed by

Andrei Bogatyryov, Art Camacho

Genre

drama film, association football film, historical drama

Country

Russia

Runtime

1h 51m

Rated

12+

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

At the start of the 20th century, a Russian barge hauler named Varlam goes to England to train in football. He returns home and works with a patriotic merchant to build the country's first national team.

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What happens

Wild League (Russian: Дикая лига, romanized: Dikaya liga) is a 2019 Russian historical sports drama film directed by Andrey Bogatyrev and Art Camacho. It is based on real events of the beginning of 20th century and the appearance of football in the Russian Empire. The brave barge hauler Varlam is being trained at an English football club and, together with the merchant-patriot Balashov, is creating the first national team in Russia, co-directed by Andrey Bogatyrev and Art Camacho. Unusual sports on the basis of real events of the early twentieth century, Wild League has assembled an international acting team, which included Vladimir Yaglych, Adelina Gizatullina, Ivan Okhlobystin, Dmitry Nazarov, Evgeniy Koryakovskiy, Olesya Sudzilovskaya and Adrian Paul. It was released in the Russian Federation by Kinoland on October 24, 2019. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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