03 Oct 2006
Germany: A Summer's Fairytale
A documentary of the German national soccer team’s 2006 World Cup experience that changed the face of modern Germany.
Ilusión Nacional
In every defeat there is a victory.
A sport like football is primarily a passionate celebration, but one that is so massive (economically, politically and socially) that it, of course, also brings many problems. Olallo Rubio's third documentary (and fourth film in total), Ilusión Nacional, is a take on how the world's most popular sport relates to Mexican society and politics.
Top Billed Cast
Hugo Sánchez Self (archive footage)
Diego Maradona Self (archive footage)
Antonio Carbajal Self (archive footage)
Enrique Borja Self (archive footage)
Julio Enrique Gómez Self (archive footage)
Eduardo Galeano Self (voice)
Javier Aguirre Self (archive footage)
Cuauhtémoc Blanco Self (archive footage)
Felipe Calderón Hinojosa Self (archive footage)
Jorge Campos Self (archive footage)
Bobby Charlton Self (archive footage)
Giovani Dos Santos Self (archive footage)
Vicente Fox Self (archive footage)
Luis Hernández Self (archive footage)
Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado Self (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler Self (archive footage)
Benito Mussolini Self (archive footage)
Andrés Escobar Self (archive footage)
Manuel Negrete Self (archive footage)
Robert Enke Self (archive footage)
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