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The Third Half

Original title: Treto poluvreme
  • 20122012
  • 1h 53m
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7.4/10
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The Third Half (2012)
THE THIRD HALF is a story (inspired by true stories) of Spitz, the German-Jewish coach of the historic Macedonia Football Team during the WW2, which under his leadership became the champion of the fascist-controlled Bulgarian National Football League.
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Dimitry hires German coach Rudolph Spitz to galvanize his ragtag team into the country's best football club, but then the first Nazi tanks roll in and Rebecca, a local banker's beautiful dau... Read allDimitry hires German coach Rudolph Spitz to galvanize his ragtag team into the country's best football club, but then the first Nazi tanks roll in and Rebecca, a local banker's beautiful daughter, elopes with his star player.Dimitry hires German coach Rudolph Spitz to galvanize his ragtag team into the country's best football club, but then the first Nazi tanks roll in and Rebecca, a local banker's beautiful daughter, elopes with his star player.
IMDb RATING
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8.3K
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  • Director
    • Darko Mitrevski
  • Writers
    • Darko Mitrevski
    • Grgur Strujic
  • Stars
    • Katarina Ivanovska
    • Sasko Kocev
    • Richard Sammel
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  • Director
    • Darko Mitrevski
  • Writers
    • Darko Mitrevski
    • Grgur Strujic
  • Stars
    • Katarina Ivanovska
    • Sasko Kocev
    • Richard Sammel
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    • 35User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination

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    Toni Mihajlovski, Richard Sammel, Igor Stojcevski, Oliver Mitkovski, Mitko Apostolovski, Milan Tocinovski, Ivica Dimitrijevic, Gorast Cvetkovski, and Aksel Mehmet in The Third Half (2012)
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    Katarina Ivanovska
    • Rebeccaas Rebecca
    Sasko Kocev
    Sasko Kocev
    • Kostaas Kosta
    Richard Sammel
    Richard Sammel
    • Spitzas Spitz
    Rade Serbedzija
    Rade Serbedzija
    • Don Rafaelas Don Rafael
    Emil Ruben
    • Garvanovas Garvanov
    Mitko Apostolovski
    • Dimitriyas Dimitriy
    Verica Nedeska
    Verica Nedeska
    • Jamillaas Jamilla
    Igor Angelov
    • Afrikaas Afrika
    Toni Mihajlovski
    Toni Mihajlovski
    • Panchoas Pancho
    Gorast Cvetkovski
    • Skepticas Skeptic
    Oliver Mitkovski
    Oliver Mitkovski
    • Yordanas Yordan
    Ivica Dimitrijevic
    • Profas Prof
    Aksel Mehmet
    • Shiljo (Goofy)as Shiljo (Goofy)
    Dimitrija Doksevski
    • Gengysas Gengys
    Milan Tocinovski
    • Mangaas Manga
    Igor Stojcevski
    • Cezaras Cezar
    Ilija Stefanovski
    • Stambolas Stambol
    Bedija Begovska
    • Rebecca (2011)as Rebecca (2011)
    • Director
      • Darko Mitrevski
    • Writers
      • Darko Mitrevski
      • Grgur Strujic
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    • Trivia
      The official submission of Macedonia to the Best Foreign Language Film of the 85th Academy Awards 2013.
    • Goofs
      The film contains several factual mistakes that are very easy to be checked, because there is a video and photo archive of this football match between FC Makedonia and FC Levski in the archive to SS.Cyril and Metodius National Library in Sofia. For example, nowhere in the meeting is not waving Nazi flags, like shown in the movie. The film argues that the players of FC Levski raise their hands in a Nazi salute "Heil Hitler", but as the link below shows that hands of both of the teams are raised and it is not a Nazi salute, but simply hands raised in the air. At the second photo from the link below you may see that actually as a Nazi salute "Heil Hitler" have raised the players of FC Macedonia. One more factual mistake is that at the movie is shown that the Bulgarian administrative and military authorities are deporting the Jews from Skopie and two more cities to the gas chambers of Treblinka. The truth is that the Bulgarian police at this area is under German control. Factual mistake is that on the carriages used for the Jews deportation is written "BDZ" (Bulgarian State Railways), but at the photos from the same period is visible that this is not true, because in fact the carriages arrives from Germany and they belong to the Third Reich.. The Bulgarian Ministry of Truth and Historical Revisionism.

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    it is not easy to understand this film. because , more than a Makedonian story it is a confession from Balkans contemporary history, with deep roots, bitter at whole. at first sigh , it could be discovered as a nationalist film. or only a love story in war period. a film about soccer, about bad and good people, about abuses and about moral victories. in fact is only a subject for reflection. about past and about future. about myths and about reality. about a slice of world who has the force and courage and wise to be itself, again and again. it is a good movie. it is a beautiful one. but, more important, behind the acting, dialogs, images and script itself, it is a way to remember the pain of a land, the experience of people. that fact does " Treto poluvreme" real special. because it is a film of different languages and the same lives. so, see it ! see it without the desire to judge. only with the hope to understand.
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    • Aug 2, 2014

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    • Release date
      • September 27, 2012 (North Macedonia)
    • Countries of origin
      • North Macedonia
      • Czech Republic
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Languages
      • Macedonian
      • German
      • Ladino
      • Bulgarian
      • English
      • Serbian
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Третий тайм
    • Filming locations
      • North Macedonia
    • Production companies
      • Kino Oko
      • fx3x
      • I/O post
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    • Budget
      • €2,300,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 53 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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