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Soccer Poker

1989-03-31 · 99 min · ★ 7.2

Comedy · Drama

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.

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Directors
Janusz Zaorski
Production companies
Zespół Filmowy "Dom"
Countries
Poland
Status
Released

Top Cast

Janusz GajosJanusz GajosJan Laguna
Małgorzata PieczyńskaMałgorzata PieczyńskaIrena
Marian OpaniaMarian OpaniaBolo
Mariusz DmochowskiMariusz DmochowskiKmita
Jan EnglertJan EnglertPrezes "Czarnych"
Edward Linde-LubaszenkoEdward Linde-Lubaszenkostary Grom
Olaf LubaszenkoOlaf LubaszenkoOlek Grom
Mariusz BenoitMariusz BenoitJózef Grundol
Adrianna BiedrzyńskaAdrianna Biedrzyńskażona Grundola
Bronisław PawlikBronisław PawlikBronek
Borys Marynowski"Narciarz"
Henryk BistaHenryk Bistasędzia Jaskóła
Andrzej ZaorskiAndrzej Zaorskiprezes "Koksu"
Grzegorz WarchołGrzegorz Warchołprezes "Oceanii"
Zdzisław WardejnZdzisław Wardejnprezes "Mutry"
Marek BargiełowskiMarek Bargiełowskiprezes "Kokonu"
Jerzy JanuszewiczJerzy Januszewiczprezes "Odlewu"
Dariusz SzpakowskiDariusz Szpakowskikomentator
Dariusz DziekanowskiDykta
Kazimierz Górski"Wielki trener"

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