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The story is set at the 1972 Munich Olympics where the U.S. team lost the basketball championship for the first time in 36 years. The final moments of the final game have become one of the most controversial events in Olympic history. With play tied, the score table horn sounded during a second free throw attempt that put the U.S. ahead by one. But the Soviets claimed they had called for a time out before the basket and confusion ensued. The clock was set back by three seconds twice in a row and the Russians finally prevailed at the very last. The U.S. protested, but a jury decided in the USSR’s favor and Team USA voted unanimously to refuse its silver medals. The Soviet players have been treated as heroes at home.Read moreLess
The story is set at the 1972 Munich Olympics where the U.S. team lost the basketball championship for the first time in 36 years. The final moments of the final game have become one of the most controversial events in Olympic history. With play tied, the score table horn sounded during a second free throw attempt that put the U.S. ahead by one. But the Soviets claimed they had called for a time out before the basket and confusion ensued. The clock was set back by three seconds twice in a row and the Russians finally prevailed at the very last. The U.S. protested, but a jury decided in the USSR’s favor and Team USA voted unanimously to refuse its silver medals. The Soviet players have been treated as heroes at home.
The story
The story is set at the 1972 Munich Olympics where the U.S. team lost the basketball championship for the first time in 36 years. The final moments of the final game have become one of the most controversial events in Olympic history. With play tied, the score table horn sounded during a second free throw attempt that put the U.S. ahead by one. But the Soviets claimed they had called for a time out before the basket and confusion ensued. The clock was set back by three seconds twice in a row and the Russians finally prevailed at the very last. The U.S. protested, but a jury decided in the USSR’s favor and Team USA voted unanimously to refuse its silver medals. The Soviet players have been treated as heroes at home.
Cast & crew
Vladimir Mashkovтренер сборной СССР Владимир Гаранжин
Ivan Kolesnikovигрок сборной СССР Александр Белов
Viktoriya Tolstoganovaжена Владимира Ксения Гаранжина
Marat Basharovчиновник Госкомспорта Терещенко
Andrey SmolyakovГригорий Моисеев (председатель Федерации баскетбола СССР)
Sergey Garmashпредседатель Госкомспорта Сергей Павлов
John Savageтренер сборной США Генри Айба
Andrius Paulavičiusлитовский водитель Йонас
Aleksandra Revenkoбаскетболистка Александра Свешникова
Jay Bowdyигрок сборной США Майкл Бэнтон
Žilvinas Tratasигрок сборной СССР Модестас ПаулаускасExplore the crew
- Editor
- Anton Megerdichev
- Editor
- Vazgen Kagramanyan
- Director
- Anton Megerdichev
- Screenplay
- Nikolai Kulikov
- Producer
- Nikita Mikhalkov
- Producer
- Leonid Vereshchagin
- Producer
- Anton Zlatopolskiy
- Editor
- Petr Zelenov
- Director of Photography
- Igor Grinyakin
- Original Music Composer
- Julia Holter