5 Football movies to watch in the absence of matches this weekend
4. Victory
Based during the onset of World War II, Major Karl von Steiner (Max Von Sydow), the camp commander, once a member of the German national soccer team, decides to put together a soccer match between a team of Allied prisoners.
Led by Captain John Colby (Michael Caine), a former English international soccer player. The game is to be played in Colombes Stadium in Paris and exploited for maximum propaganda effect by the Nazi publicity machine.
The movie also stars Sylvester Stallone, who plays the character of Robert Hatch and he is assigned to assist the Allied prisoners to train for the event. But, in fact, the Allies are planning a risky escape during the soccer match.
The movie has famous appearances by former Brazilian legend Pele, along with Bobby Moore, the captain of Britain’s 1966 World Cup champions, and Argentine soccer star Osvaldo Ardiles.
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