The Referee

Jun 3, 2010

0h 29m

★ 6.9

What price do you pay to be a world class soccer referee?

Overview

Swedish soccer referee Martin Hansson had a successful journey towards his big dream in life, the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Then one dark night in Paris on November 18th, 2009, all hell broke loose.

Genres

Documentary

TV Movie

Production Companies

Sveriges Television (SVT)

Freedom From Choice

The Referee Trailers

Cast

Himself

Martin Hansson

Narrator (voice)

Mattias Löw

Self

Pelé

Self

Thierry Henry

Self

Arsène Wenger

Self

Anders Frisk

Self

Stefan Wittberg

Self

Bo Karlsson

Self

Sepp Blatter

Self

Erik Niva

Self

Nicolas Anelka

Self

Shay Given

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