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Soccer Poker
“Winner takes all.”
7.2 / 10• 1989• 1h 39m•NR• Polish
ComedyDrama
Storyline
Laguna was once a great soccer player whose career was interrupted by an injury. He spent years climbing the ranks to become an international referee. He sees the prevailing arrangements, manipulations, and bribery around him. Now desperate, he decides to stage an extraordinary culmination of his career: he wants to create a so-called "miracle Sunday" by "printing" the final round of games - taking substantial bribes from the interested clubs and manipulating the matches so that the results align in the order he set up.
Cast & Crew
Janusz Gajos
Jan Laguna
Lead
Małgorzata Pieczyńska
Irena
Marian Opania
Bolo
Mariusz Dmochowski
Kmita
Jan Englert
Prezes "Czarnych"
Edward Linde-Lubaszenko
stary Grom
Olaf Lubaszenko
Olek Grom
Mariusz Benoit
Józef Grundol
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Janusz Zaorski's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Soccer Poker is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
