Sommeren '92

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Sommeren '92
Sommeren '92 poster.jpg
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Directed by Kasper Barfoed
Written byKasper Barfoed
Anders Frithiof August
Starring Ulrich Thomsen
Mikkel Følsgaard
Music by Lorne Balfe
Jeppe Kaas
Distributed by SF Film
Release date
  • 27 August 2015 (2015-08-27)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryDenmark
LanguageDanish

Sommeren '92 (English: Summer of '92) is a Danish sports comedy directed by Kasper Barfoed. The film is based on the 1992 UEFA European Football Championship, Denmark's greatest ever football triumph.

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The team had qualified only after Yugoslavia was disqualified as a result of the breakup and warfare in that country. [1] The film examines the often difficult relationship between the team's coach Richard Møller Nielsen, and the Danish Football Association and leading players that nonetheless led to triumph in 1992.

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References

  1. Paul Fletcher (24 May 2004). "Denmark's greatest moment". BBC. Retrieved 4 February 2021.