The Game of Their Lives (2002)
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| Original title | The Game of Their Lives |
| Country of production | United Kingdom |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2002 |
| length | 80 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Daniel Gordon |
| production | Daniel Gordon Nicholas Bonner |
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The Game of Their Lives is a 2002 British documentary directed by Daniel Gordon .
content
The subject of the film is the success of the North Korean national soccer team at the 1966 World Cup in England, when it was the first Asian national team to compete in a final tournament. a. reached the quarter-finals through successes against the then two-time world champions Italy and failed there despite a 3-0 lead in Liverpool's Goodison Park to Portugal . Rumors are also being investigated that the players were arrested after their return for excessive alcohol consumption and women's stories. It shows archive material from that time and interviews with some former players in North Korea from the production year 2002. The interviews are in Korean and are subtitled.
background
The Game of Their Lives is a co-production with BBC Four . It is the first Western documentary in more than four decades that could be shot in North Korea with permission. Director Daniel Gordon then made other documentaries in and about North Korea, such as A State of Mind from 2004. In North Korea, the shooting was supervised by Ryom Mi-hwa, who works for Korfilm , the state film company in North Korea. After the recordings in North Korea, seven former players came to England at the invitation of the producers to revisit the sites of their success, such as the city of Middlesbrough , where the game against Italy took place. The former players also met the South Korean ambassador to Great Britain. They also attended the premiere at the Sheffield International Documentary Festival on October 21, 2002.
Awards
- Pyongyang Film Festival: Special Prize
- Royal Television Society 2002: Sports Documentary Category
- British Independent Film Award 2003: nomination for best British documentary film
- Seville Film Festival 2003: Main Prize
- Seattle International Film Festival 2004: Refracting Reality Documentary Award
Web links
- The Game of Their Lives in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c The value of informal diplomacy and cultural exchanges in North Korea (DPRK) . UK Parliament website . Accessed June 1, 2013.
- ^ A b Robert Philip: Pak Doo Ik takes the spotlight once more . The Daily Telegraph, October 16, 2002.
- ↑ Ryom Mi Hwa / Korfilm on hanadulsed.com. Retrieved June 1, 2013.
- ^ Jim White: North Korea in town to relive game of their lives . The Guardian of October 18, 2002.
- ↑ Television Sport Awards 2002 . RTS website. Accessed June 1, 2013.
- ↑ BIFA Nominations and Awards ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . BIFA website. Accessed June 1, 2013.
- ↑ The Game of Their Lives on koryogroup.com. Accessed June 1, 2013.
- ↑ 2004 Golden Space Needle awards . The Seattle Times, June 14, 2004.
