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The Lost World Cup (first feature)

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The Lost World Cup (Mundial Olvidado)

original title:

Mundial Olvidado

italian title:

Il Mundial dimenticato

directed by:

Lorenzo Garzella, Filippo Macelloni

cast:

Gary Lineker, Joao Havelange, Darwin Pastorin, Peter Tramp, Pierre Lanfranchi, Bruno Bardi, Sergio Levinsky, Marcelo Auchelli, Caterina Dzugala, Guillermo Leinung, Ricardo Piterbarg, Arturo Gerez, Phillip Caillon, Leon Dogodny, Aldo Niebhor, Rosalind Knight, Walter Balzarini, Mimi Klein, Wilhelm Tromm

cinematography:

Alberto Iannuzzi

editing:

Piero Lassandro

set design:

Davide Bassan, Catalina Oliva

costume design:

Laura Raffo, Pilar Gonzalez

producer:

Daniele Mazzocca, Pier Andrea Nocella

production:

Verdeoro, Rai Cinema, Nanof, supported by Ministero della Cultura, Incaa, Docksur Producciones

world sales:

Rai Com [Italy]

country:

Italy/Argentina

year:

2011

film run:

95'

format:

HD - colour & b/w

release date:

01/06/2012

festivals & awards:

Thanks to long years of patient hard work, moving in the shadowlands of the history of football and of the 20th Century, hovering between the rigorous style of a documentary and the spirit of cinema, the film narrates the events which took place during the 1942 World Cup, which was never recognised by the official sport bodies and which for years remained wrapped in legend without anyone knowing who the winner was.