The film is based on the real fact — football «The Death Match» between the German team and a team of Soviet prisoners of war, former "Dinamo". It happened in Kiev on June 22, 1942. Anticipating the possibility of losing, the Germans made a condition — defeat or death. If the Germans won, the Soviet footballers were promised freedom...
Юрий Волков
as Sokolovsky
Владимир Кашпур
as Kirill Zaitsev
Леонид Куравлёв
as Lyonya Fokin
Юрий Назаров
as Misha Skachko
Вячеслав Невинный
as Savchuk
Глеб Стриженов
as Yevgeni Ryazantsev
Геннадий Юхтин
as Dugin
Алексей Эйбоженко
as Lemeshko
Aleksandr Metyolkin
as Pavlik
Valentins Skulme
as Johan Dietrich
Альфред Зиновьев
as Jan Richter
Эрвин Кнаусмюллер
as major Heinz
