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Football, politics and history blend together in this documentary which brings to life the breath-taking moments of the 1982 football World Cup in Spain, when the Polish team took part despite the imposition of Martial Law a year earlier.
May 23, 2014 · Mundial: The Highest Stakes: Directed by Michal Bielawski. With Zbigniew Boniek, Grzegorz Lato, Jan Litynski, Stefan Majewski. 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.
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- Michal Bielawski
- 2014-05-23
Mundial. The Highest Stakes Release date: 23-05-2014 Director: Michał Bielawski. written & directed by Michał Bielawski director of photography Petro Aleksowski ...
Mundial. The highest stakes tells the fascinating, untold story of sport and politics in the aberrant period of Martial Law (1980s Poland). The World Cup was watched with equal devotion by imprisoned activists of the delegalized “Solidarity” and censors, whose job was to diligently cut any signs of Polish political opposition from the live ...
http://dafilms.com/selection/Mundial_The_Highest_StakesPoland 2013 / 90 minPolish national football team qualified for the 12th Football World Cup in Spain i...
When Poland’s national team qualified for the 1982 World Cup, it was a welcome, if unexpected, distraction from the grim political situation at home. Poles were transfixed by the exploits of their team as tens of thousands of opponents to General Jaruzelski’s regime languished in prison.
The Polish national team plays the Soviet Union in the 1982 World Cup in Spain while their country is under martial law.
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