Soccer behind the Iron Curtain (2023)

Original title

Stasi FC

Directed by

Zakaria Rahmani, Dan Gordon, Arne Birkenstock

Genre

documentary film, association football film, sports documentary

Country

Germany, United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

6

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary explores how the East German secret police manipulated the country's top soccer league to favor a single team. It focuses on the political control and corruption behind the Berliner FC Dynamo's ten straight championships.

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What happens

Stasi FC is a 2023 Sky Documentary about Stasi control over association football in East Germany from the late 1970s, allegedly leading to their preferred team, football club Berliner FC Dynamo, winning ten consecutive league titles. It is directed by Daniel Gordon and Arne Birkenstock and produced by Erik Winker. Production companies on the documentary are Corso Films, Fruitmarket and Phiphen Pictures, and it is executive produced by Embankment Films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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