| Two Half Times in Hell | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Zoltán Fábri |
| Written by | Zoltán Fábri Péter Bacsó |
| Starring | Imre Sinkovits Dezső Garas Gyula Benkő István Velenczei |
| Music by | Ferenc Farkas |
| Cinematography | Ferenc Szécsényi |
| Editing by | Ferenc Szécsényi |
| Studio | Hunnia Filmgyár |
| Release date(s) | 1962 |
| Running time | 140 minutes |
| Country | Hungary |
| Language | Hungarian |
Two Half Times In Hell (Hungarian: Két félidő a pokolban), also known as The Last Goal is a 1962 Hungarian war drama film based on The Death Match.
Film, directed by Zoltán Fábri, won a Critics Award at Boston Cinema Festival 1962.[1] There are two remakes of this film: The Longest Yard and Escape to Victory.
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Spring 1944. Nazi officers want to organize a football match for Hitler's birthday, in which Germans would play against Hungarian prisoners of war. They call for the famous Hungarian footballer, Ónódi, and order him to organize a team. Ónódi accepts, but in turn demands extra food, a ball with which he and his team can train before the match, and asks that they be allowed to concentrate on training before the match and not work. The Germans accept all the demands, but recommend Ónódi not include any Jews in his team. However, Ónódi can't organize the team only from his company, because only 8 out of 98 soldiers can play football. Therefore Ónódi recruits players from the other company. One of the players is Steiner, who is a Jew and can't play football. He lied to Ónódi because he was afraid to die. During training the footballers kill a German corporal and try to escape. Then they are caught while disposing of his body. As a result, they are to be tried and face probable death penalty. However, the Germans order the Hungarian team to still play the match. At the beginning of the match Ónódi and his team are discouraged, as the Germans easily score three goals. The Hungarians succeed in scoring one goal and the first half ends 3-1 in favour of Germany. At the interval the German commander tells the Hungarians that they might not be executed if they lose the match. The Hungarians refuse to believe this. At the beginning of the second half they score three goals. As a result, during the match, they are executed by the Germans.