Lev Yashin. The Dream Goalkeeper
Short description
This drama follows the life of Lev Yashin, a working-class boy who initially dreamed of playing as a striker. Despite his personal ambitions, he was consistently placed in goal throughout his time playing in his neighborhood, at a factory, and during his military service. The story tracks his journey in Soviet football as he overcomes family pressure to find stability as a factory worker and eventually joins the Dynamo team. It depicts his rise to become a world-renowned goalkeeper, known for his agility and distinctive black attire, and his path to becoming the only goalkeeper to receive the Ballon d'Or.
The film was directed by Vasily Chiginsky and was the second project in a series of four listed works, following Moscow, I Love You! and preceding Hero 115 and Romanovs: Loyalty and Betrayal. Produced by Kremlin Films, the movie features Alexander Fokin as the young Lev Yashin and Yuliya Khlynina as his young wife. The cast includes Aleksey Guskov, Aleksei Kravchenko, Evgeniy Dyatlov, and Vitaliy Khaev, with a total of 111 credited performers. Audience reception is mixed but generally positive, with a rating of 6.3 on IMDb based on 1,200 votes and a higher score of 7.5 on TMDB from 128 votes.
What's left behind the scenes
- In the 105th minute, during the farewell match, the family of Yashin is shown in the stands in a mirror image: from left to right – his daughters and wife, although before and after they are seated in a different order.
- Work on the film took four years. Most of that time was spent in pre-production: Valentina Yashina, the goalkeeper's widow, reviewed script variations that were rewritten to ensure historical accuracy and preserve important details of the goalkeeper's biography.
- The film's consultants included Vasily Frolov, a goalkeeper and grandson of Lev Ivanovich Yashin, Anton Shunin, a Russian footballer, goalkeeper and captain of Moscow Dynamo, and Vladimir Pilguy, a Soviet footballer, goalkeeper, successor to Lev Yashin, and a player for the USSR national team and Moscow Dynamo club.
- Igor Petrenko, Evgeny Tsyganov, and Grigory Dobrygin were all considered for the role of Lev Yashin.
Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
Castingi w Polsce
Кастинги в Україні
