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Director
  
Daniel Gordon

Writer
  
Daniel Gordon

Producer
  
Daniel Gordon

Language
  
English

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Genre
  
Documentary, Sport

Screenplay
  
Daniel Gordon

Duration
  

The Game of Their Lives (2002 film) movie poster

Release date
  
21 October 2002

Cast
  
Daniel Gordon
,
Kim Il-sung
,
Eusebio
,
Elizabeth II
,
Prince Philip - Duke of Edinburgh

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The Game of Their Lives (천리마 축구단) or "Chollima Chookgudan" is a 2002 documentary film directed by Daniel Gordon with Nicholas Bonner of Koryo Tours as an associate producer about the seven surviving members of the North Korea national football team who participated in the 1966 FIFA World Cup. Its victory over Italy propelled the North Korean team into the quarterfinal: it was the first time an Asian team had advanced so far in a World Cup.

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Awards

  • 2003: Winner, the Royal Television Society award for best sports documentary.
  • 2003: Nominated for Best Historical Documentary at the Grierson Awards.
  • 2003: Nominated for Best Documentary at the British Independent Film Awards.
  • 2003: First prize, Seville Film Festival.
  • 2004: Refracting Reality Documentary Film Award, Seattle International Film Festival, tied with Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus (2003).

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