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Elf Freunde

Onze amis Yougoslaves
Undici amici

Switzerland, June 1998
FILM, Documentary, 52 min.

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directed by
Miklós Gimes, Michele Andreoli
Written by
Miklós Gimes, Michele Andreoli
Status
In distribution

Members of the national football team of the former Yugoslavia tell how they experienced the war years. International football stars like the Croatian Davor Suker, the Montenegrin Dejan Savicevic and Faruk Hadzibegic of Bosnia tell how they stubbornly refused to allow nationalism destroy their team, and at the same time how they pragmatically carried on with their individual careers as international players. The central character in the film is the former national trainer Ivica Osim of Sarajevo. Despite widespread resistance to the idea by nationalists. Osim created an all-Yugoslav team, one with a good sporting chance but no political future. The story of a group of men whose orderly, picture-book world is suddenly shattered by war. It was an experience that did not end without leaving traces. War forced these athletes to concern themselves directly with political and moral questions.

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World Premiere
June 1998
Original Version
German,  colour, Beta SP, 52 min.
Production
Offside Film, SRG SSR, RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera, ARTE G.E.I.E.
Producer
directed by
Miklós Gimes, Michele Andreoli
Written by
Miklós Gimes, Michele Andreoli
Cinemato­graphy
Pio Corradi
Editing
Sabine Krayenbühl
Music
Goran Bregovic
Location Sound Mix
Martin Witz

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World Rights
Offside Film

Worldwide Distribution

Switzerland
Offside Film Distribution
Release date: tba

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