The original draft of the script was a serious drama, based on the true story of a group of allied POWs challenged to a football match by the Germans. The deal was that if the Germans won the match, the POWs would be set free in Switzerland. However if the POWs won, they would be shot. The POWs decided to go for 'victory', won the match and were consequently executed. The movie was inspired by an actual series of games in Kiev, during the German occupation of the city. Several members of Dy ...[Read Story ]