FIFA Official film of the 1974 FIFA World Cup tournament, hosted and won by West Germany.FIFA Official film of the 1974 FIFA World Cup tournament, hosted and won by West Germany.FIFA Official film of the 1974 FIFA World Cup tournament, hosted and won by West Germany.
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Joss Ackland
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A fun watch if you are German!
Official World Cup movies usually have a formula of beginning with something about the host nation, a wide selection of games from the tournament before climaxing with the final. For some reason Heading for Glory starts with the final between West Germany & The Netherlands, then shows a scant number of group games before returning to the final again! As someone who remembers the 1974 tournament, so many iconic moments are missing from this movie, such as Yugoslavia's 9-0 destruction of Zaire, Rivellino of Brazil's free kick against East Germany & of course Mwepu Ilunga of Zaire using an innovative & illegal defence of a free kick against Brazil. The movie contains no historical context, such as Chile are mentioned without stating they were only there because the Soviet Union refused to play them in a stadium where leftist opponents of the Chilean government had been executed. Haiti are shown with mentions of Papa Doc, even though Duvalier had died in 1971 & there is no mention of the unfortunate Ernst Jean-Joseph, who failed a drug test after their defeat to Italy. For someone who was not around for the tournament, this is probably one of the worst official films. However, if you are German & just want to enjoy Beckenbauer, Muller, Breitner, Vogts, Maier & company beat the Dutch, it's probably one of the best!
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- LtColonelBartlett
- Jul 29, 2018
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- £100,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
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- 4:3
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