Lev Yashin. The Goalee of My Dreams

Lev Yashin. The Goalee of My Dreams (Лев Яшин. Вратарь моей мечты, transl. Lev Yashin. The Dream Goalkeeper) is a 2019 Russian biographical sports drama film, unfolded in the historical period of the 50s and 60s of the USSR, telling the audience about the legend of the Soviet Union national football team.

Lev Yashin. The Goalee of My Dreams
Theatrical release poster
Directed byVasiliy Chiginskiy (ru)
Written by
Produced byOleg Kapanets
Starring
Cinematography
  • Vyacheslav Lazarev
  • Anton Antonov
Edited byTatyana Matyukhina
Music byGeorge Kallis
Production
company
Kremlin Films
Distributed byMegogo Distribution
Release date
  • November 28, 2019 (2019-11-28) (Russia)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian
Budget₽360 million
$8 million
Box office₽114 million[1]
$1,778,723[2]

The project was directed by Vasiliy Chiginskiy, and the script was written by Aleksandr Polozov and produced by Oleg Kapanets about the life of the famous Soviet football goalkeeper Lev Yashin, where most of the characters are real people. The film stars Aleksandr Fokin as Yashin, with Yulia Khlynina, Aleksei Guskov, and Aleksei Kravchenko.[3][4]

The film was theatrically released in Russia on November 28, 2019, by Megogo Distribution.

Plot

The film tells about the legendary goalkeeper Lev Yashin, thanks to which the USSR team in the mid-20th century won the most significant football awards.[5]

May 27, 1971. Moscow, waiting for the farewell match of football goalkeeper Lev Yashin. For the first time in the history of the Soviet football player, all the stars of world football will be honored.

In anticipation of this event, Lev Yashin recalls the people and the matches with which his career was associated – and the ridiculous goal conceded in the first match for the main Dynamo squad, after which he sat on the bench for 2 years; and hard training, returning him to the main team; and speaking for the Soviet Union national football team at the 1960 European Nations' Cup; and failure at the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile, which could put an end to his career; and the match for the world team on October 23, 1963, in London.

Cast
CastSoviet Footballer of the Year
Aleksandr FokinLev Yashin, Soviet football goalkeeper
Yulia KhlyninaValentina Yashina, Lev Yashin's wife
Aleksei GuskovMikhail Yakushin, head coach of the FC Dynamo Moscow in 1953–1960
Aleksei KravchenkoAlexei Khomich, a goalkeeper of the FC Dynamo Moscow
Yevgeny DyatlovArkadiy Chernyshov, hockey coach of the HC Dynamo Moscow
Vitaliy KhaevAleksandr Ponomaryov, head coach of the Soviet Union Olympic football team
Mikhail EliseevGavriil Kachalin, head coach of the Soviet Union national football team in 1968–1970
Yan TsapnikTASS own correspondent
Aleksandr SamoylenkoMishurin, an official of the USSR Sports Committee
Aleksandr BukharovKonstantin Beskov, head coach of the FC Dynamo Moscow in 1967–1973
Yuri Galtsevdirector of school
Boris ShcherbakovMironych, bus driver
Alexander PyatkovMikhalych, janitor
Yaroslav ZhalninVladimir Shabrov, Lev Yashin's friend
Yevgeny AntropovMikhail Galunov, childhood friend of Lev Yashin
Andrey LeonovNikolay Ozerov, Soviet sports commentator
ActorsUSSR soccer player
Oleg KapanetsIvan Stankevich, second coach of the FC Dynamo Moscow
Mikhail KhimichevVsevolod Blinkov, coach of the FC Dynamo Moscow
Ivan TitovValentin Ivanov, football player
Anzhey NovosyolovValeriy Voronin, football player
Yaroslav LeonovEduard Streltsov, football player
Artyom YeshkinViktor Ponedelnik, football player
Dmitriy BelotserkovskiyIgor Netto, captain of the USSR national football team
Pavel ShevandoAnatoliy Ilin, football player
Vladimir GuskovIgor Chislenko, football player
Yuriy TrubinAlekper Mamedov, football player
Aleksandr LuchininViktor Tsaryov, football player
Igor SilchenkoBoris Kuznetsov, football player
Andrey KlavdievGenrikh Fedosov, football player
Yevgeny RomantsovKonstantin Krizhevskiy, football player
Aleksandr RagulinVasiliy Trofimov, football player
Aleksandr AlyoshkinVladimir Savdunin, football player
Stanislav RaskachaevSergey Salnikov, football player
Vakhtang MakhareishviliMikhail Meskhi, football player
Dmitriy ArbeninValentin Bubukin, football player
Ruslan NakhushevAnatoliy Bubukin
Aram VardevanyanNikita Simonyan, football player
Danila TezovVladimir Kesarev, football player
Gleb GervassiyevVladimir Belyaev, football player
Irakliy KvantrishviliValter Sanaya, football player

Production

Filming

The production began in 2014, in collaboration between members of the Russian Ministry of Culture and the Dynamo Sports Club Association. The filming was done in Moscow and its suburbs in collaboration with the VTB Bank and FC Dynamo Moscow. About the film's oversight work was Amon Sergei Stepashin, the former Russian interior minister, who wanted to make sure to produce a biographical film about the life of the renowned doorman.

The film received approval and support from veterans of domestic sports, partners of Lev Yashin in games for the club and the USSR national team, from the goalkeeper's family and numerous Dynamo fans.

Release

Premiere of the film Lev Yashin. The Goalee of My Dreams was held in Moscow at the October cinema center on November 25, 2019, and was theatrically released in the Russian Federation on November 28, 2019, by Megogo Distribution. The television premiere of the film took place on June 12, 2020, Russia Day with a celebration on Channel One.

See also

References
  1. Box Office, Russian Cinema Fund
  2. "Lev Yashin. The Dream Goalkeeper (2019)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  3. "Кто объединил Льва Яшина и Бахрама Багирзаде? Кого почитали Елизавета II и Маргарет Тэтчер?" [Who united Lev Yashin and Bahram Bagirzade? Who were revered by Elizabeth II and Margaret Thatcher?] (in Russian). Trend.az. January 31, 2020. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
  4. Shevelev, Aleksey (November 27, 2019). "Главные премьеры недели по версии "Газеты.Ru"" [The main premieres of the week according to "Gazeta.Ru"] (in Russian). Gazeta.Ru. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
  5. "Лев Яшин. Вратарь моей мечты / Lev Yashin. The Goalee of My Dreams (2019)". Kinoafisha.info.
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