The Philosophers' Football Match (1972)
The Philosophers' Football Match is a 1972 comedic sketch by the British surreal comedy group Monty Python, depicting a fictional association football match between teams composed of ancient Greek and modern German philosophers, set during the 1972 Summer Olympics at Munich's Olympiastadion.
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John Cleese as Archimedes |
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Eric Idle as Sokrates |
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Graham Chapman as Hegel |
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Michael Palin as Nietzsche |
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Terry Jones as Karl Marx |
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Terry Gilliam as I. Kant |