Genre: DocumentaryWar
Runtime: 54 min
Average vote: 4
Release date: 2015-01-01
Director: Anne Bettenfeld
Director: Christophe Duchiron
Writer: Anne Bettenfeld
Writer: Christophe Duchiron
Built on archive footage – much of it previously unseen – this film reveals one of the most unexpected legacies of the First World War -- popular participation in sports, once the realm of the elite. For four years, sport represented a welcome respite from the killing fields of Europe.