''Eleven Silent Men'' () is a 2022 Russian

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directed by Alexey Pimanov's company Pimanov and partners. The film is the story of the legendary trip of Soviet football players "

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" who came to

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in November 1945 to play in famous English football clubs. It was with this epithet that British journalists dubbed Soviet athletes in the press ( ru). The film stars Makar Zaporozhsky, Pavel Trubiner, Roman Kurtsyn, Andrey Chernyshov, Evgeniya Lapova, Alyona Kolomina, and Dmitry Belotzerkovsky joining the cast. ''Eleven Silent Men'' is scheduled to be theatrically released on February 17, 2022, by

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Plot

November 1945. Football Club Dynamo Moscow players fly to

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to play a series of matches with hitherto undefeated British teams, including " Chelsea", "

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", and "

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". A charming English correspondent decides to create a sensation by falling in love with the best Russian player, and chooses the prettiest "victim" among the

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athletes. Local unscrupulous bookmakers also intend to profit from the tour, within the framework of which the games will be visited by hundreds of thousands of fans... But the "eleven silent men", as the British dubbed the local football players, will present many surprises to everyone! An incredible story based on real events, full of romance, good humor, spy adventures and football passions. Our football players not only did not lose a single match, but also won the hearts of the English public, completely turning the idea of a Russian person and a

country upside down. "

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" became a symbol of the new world, born on the ruins of the

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Cast

Production

Especially for each actor playing a football player, a uniform was sewn, completely identical to the equipment of the athletes of 1945. A soccer ball and boots were recreated, made to order: with special carnations on which spikes were attached.

Filming

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began in September 2019 and took place in

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, the municipal city of Pavlovsk and

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to the city of

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, the city of

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, Russia, and

, United Kingdom.

Release

''Eleven Silent Men'' was theatrically released in the

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on February 17, 2022, by

Marketing

The first trailer for the upcoming film was released on November 23, 2021.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 16638662, Eleven Silent Men 2022 films 2020s Russian films 2020s Russian-language films 2020s sports drama films Russian historical drama films Russian sports drama films Russian association football films Sports drama films based on actual events Films set in the United Kingdom 2022 multilingual films Russian multilingual films Russian-language historical drama films Russian-language sports drama films