The Philosophers' Football Match

Overview

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.

Cast

John Cleese

Archimedes

Eric Idle

Sokrates

Graham Chapman

Hegel

Michael Palin

Nietzsche

Terry Jones

Karl Marx

Terry Gilliam

I. Kant