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Third Time

Name: Third Time
Genre: War, Drama
Released: 1963-04-11
Cast: Yuri Volkov, Vladimir Kashpur, Leonid Kuravlyov, Yuriy Nazarov, Vyacheslav Nevinnyy

1963 | 83 min | War, Drama

Monday Morning Maybeearly rating

Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe

With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it: Made for history buffs. If you loved Nuremberg or The Guns of Navarone, start here.
The mood: Intense.
The pace: Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 23 min.
What might put you off: It's in Russian, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
Made in 1963: an older pace and style.

The film is based on the real fact — football «The Death Match» between the German team and a team of Soviet prisoners of war, former "Dinamo". It happened in Kiev on June 22, 1942. Anticipating the possibility of losing, the Germans made a condition — defeat or death. If the Germans won, the Soviet footballers were promised freedom...

How it earned its rating

CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 1K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Yevgeni Karelov

Yuri VolkovSokolovsky
Vladimir KashpurKirill Zaitsev
Leonid KuravlyovLyonya Fokin
Yuriy NazarovMisha Skachko
Vyacheslav NevinnyySavchuk
Gleb StrizhenovYevgeni Ryazantsev
Gennadiy YukhtinDugin
Aleksey EybozhenkoLemeshko
Aleksandr MetyolkinPavlik
Valentīns SkulmeJohan Dietrich