
Mundial: The Highest Stakes
A documentary tale about sport and politics under martial law. All of Poland saw the great goals of Boniek and Smolarek during the Espana '82 championships. For a moment, it was forgotten that the background of the sporting performance was martial law, censorship, an army on the streets, prisons filled with oppositionists. The performance of the players was so successful that it was called "the most beautiful series of martial law". The game is watched by interned activists of "Solidarity", sports journalists and censors, cutting out all manifestations of the opposition from television broadcasts. We also get to know the performance in Spain from the perspective of the players, trying to meet not only their ambitions but also to bear the burden of fans' expectations and regime propaganda.
- Status
- Released
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- Language
- French
- football (soccer)
- poland
- mundial
- polish history
- post-war poland
- championship fight
- world championship
- sport
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereRiverRun International Film Festival7 Apr 2014
BrazilBR
- PremiereSão Paulo International Film Festival21 Oct 2013
NorwayNO
- PremiereBergen International Film Festival26 Oct 2013
PolandPL
- PremierePlanete+ Doc Film Festival15 May 2013
- PremiereKrakow Film Festival27 May 2013
- Theatrical (limited)23 May 2014
PortugalPT
- PremiereDoclisboa Film Festival25 Oct 2014
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Mundial: The Highest Stakes was released on 23 May 2014.
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