Ukraine will co-host the continent's biggest football tournament, the European Championships, in a few days time, just as a new Russian film has stirred up controversy. Actor Sergei Bezrukov recently played legendary bard Vladimir Vysotsky, but in"Match" he plays a goalkeeper who faced up against Nazi officers over the course of 90 minutes and won.
"Let's show these super-humans!" Bezrukov's character Nikolai Ranevich says before the start of the game.
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The Moscow Times: ‘Match of Death’ film stirs up trouble in Ukraine
A scene from Match movie which tells the story of match between Soviet footballers and Nazi occupiers during World War II.
