The Third Half is a true story of people gathered around football during the turbulent times of World War II. It is a story of the FC Macedonia players and their German-Jewish coach Rudolph Spitz who leads them towards the champion title of the Nazi football league and of the club’s founder Dimitry, who has to choose between his love for his team and loyalty to the New Order. It is a story of his best striker, Kosta, a notorious smuggler who falls in love with a beautiful rich girl, Rebecca who elopes with Kosta and lives in his locker-room (eluding the bitter destiny of her people). It is a story about football, that in those terrible times, became more than just a game.
Macedonia’s 2013 Oscar submission
Co-underwritten by: Gitterman & Associates Wealth Management, LLC Elias and Susan Rauch and The Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ -Women’s Philanthropy