Eleven Silent Men (Russian: Одиннадцать молчаливых мужчин, romanized: Odinnadtsat molchalivykh muzhchin) is a 2022 Russian sports drama film directed by Alexey Pimanov's company Pimanov and partners.
The film is the story of the legendary trip of Soviet football players "FC Dynamo Moscow" who came to Great Britain in November 1945 to play 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 Central Partnership.
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Plot
In November 1945, players from Football Club Dynamo Moscow travel to London to play a series of matches against British teams, including Chelsea, Arsenal, and Rangers. During the tour, an English correspondent becomes romantically interested in one of the Soviet players. Local bookmakers also become involved in the matches, seeking to profit from the tour. The Dynamo Moscow team attracts significant public attention during its visit to Britain.
A story based on real events, consisting of romance, humor, spy adventures and sports. The football players not only did not lose a single match, but also won the hearts of the English public, repudiating the idea of a Soviet country. "Dynamo" became a symbol of the new world, born on the ruins of the Second World War.
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
Principal photography began in September 2019 and took place in Moscow, the municipal city of Pavlovsk and Pushkin to the city of Saint Petersburg, the city of Kaluga, Russia, and London, United Kingdom.
Release
Eleven Silent Men was theatrically released in the Russian Federation on February 17, 2022, by Central Partnership.
Marketing
The first trailer for the upcoming film was released on November 23, 2021.