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PÖFF 28: Bilietas. The Ticket

Documentary

Duration 1h 41m

Country Lithuania

Director Vytautas Dambrauskas

Language Lithuanian, inglise, estonian

Subtitle Language estonian, inglise

How Lithuanian Basketball Club Žalgiris rose from the ashes to become the pinnacle of European club basketball. 

Basketball players on the court, businessmen in their spare time, and bearers of the spirit of freedom in Lithuania – that’s the Žalgiris team of 1979-1989. Historic battles against the Red Army, unforgettable for those who witnessed them, and something the new generation must learn about. Legendary basketball faces recall the tough training sessions, the support of their compatriots and the not always legal adventures behind the Iron Curtain.

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How Lithuanian Basketball Club Žalgiris rose from the ashes to become the pinnacle of European club basketball. 

Basketball players on the court, businessmen in their spare time, and bearers of the spirit of freedom in Lithuania – that’s the Žalgiris team of 1979-1989. Historic battles against the Red Army, unforgettable for those who witnessed them, and something the new generation must learn about. Legendary basketball faces recall the tough training sessions, the support of their compatriots and the not always legal adventures behind the Iron Curtain.

This is a documentary thriller about resistance to the totalitarian system on the basketball court. A sports documentary based on the struggles of the Žalgiris basketball team in the 1980s: the golden age when the team managed to beat the unbeatable CSKA Moscow team several times in a row to become the champions of the Soviet Union. A ticket to a Žalgiris game became a kind of currency, a factor that fuelled the nation's spirit of resistance and later opened up the possibility of writing the history of independent Lithuania.

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Pimedate Ööde filmifestival 8.-24. novembrini Kino Sõpruses. Vaata programmi

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23.11.2024
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18:30
PÖFF 28

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