Pál Sándor's film, inspired by Iván Mándy's book A pálya szélén (On the Edge of the Pitch), quickly became an iconic movie. Still today you will hear Hungarians say "Kell egy csapat!” (We need a team!). The film is not, however, a simple adaptation of the superb writing of the football-crazy Mándy. It offers us a slightly wider perspective. It is a 'football film' that is clearly not about football. Though in the context of the history of Hungarian cinema, it does still belong to the 'football film' genre. There is no doubt that Hungarian films like Tribunaux Civils, A csodacsatár, Two Half Times in Hell, The Match and 6:3 Play It Again Tutti used football to report on the situation at the time in Hungary, its crises and conflicts. As for the team, director Pál Sándor is in. There are also the actors Garas and Kern, writer-dramaturg Zsuzsa Tóth and cinematographer Elemér Ragályi. And as is often the case with Pál Sándor's films, the cast includes a wide array of characters from Hungarian cinema: Sándor's films frequently tell stories by also dealing the process of film production itself. Not to mention the topic of history, which scribbles itself down somewhere in the background. One example: Az Est, a Hungarian newspaper, reports on the Munich Beer Hall Putsch. "Who are they?" Minarik, the laundry man, asks in a surprised voice, far more concerned with the future of the Csabagyöngye team. Because so-called history, the game of power, is out there. In here, you will find human desire, ambition, loyalty and betrayal - in other words, everything that really matters.

In Hungarian, without subtitles.
The discussions before and after the screening will be conducted in Hungarian.

Presented by: Müpa Budapest