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8. Two Half-times in Hell (1961)
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Most soccer movies promise a happy ending but not this one. It is a period film set in 1944 when the Germans decided to organise a football match on Hitler’s birthday. The Hungarian labour servicemen of war were invited to play against the German team.
The Hungarians used this as an excuse to get better working conditions and supplies. A team was thus organised with a condition that no Jews would be entertained during the match. Unfortunately the Hungarians didn’t live up to their promise and one Jew was included in the team but in disguise.
In spite of the Hungarians having a lead in the game they were executed before the match could come to an end. This movie is based on a match played by the Ukrainian prisoners and the German team.
The movie shows the gruesome nature of Nazi army and the many horrors associated with the Second World war. Escape to Victory had a similar premise but had a more conventional happy ending that many viewers demand, and most films cater to. This film on the other hand brought to the fore the true horrors of the war.
