Dvizhenie vverkh

Dec 28 2017 N/A 2h 13m
Drama, Sport

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.

Plot

The film tells us about the incredible events that occurred at the 1972 Olympics in Munich. The USSR basketball team was able to defeat the unbeatable Americans in the final of the basketball tournament. Three seconds before the end of the match, the Americans led by one point advantage. The Americans have already begun to rejoice in the victory, they were sure that in these three seconds the outcome of the match will not change. But not only the outcome of the match changed, but the whole basketball history.

Written by

Sergei Belov, Aleksandr Konovalov, Nikolay Kulikov

Directed by

Anton Megerdichev

Cast

Vladimir Mashkov, Andrey Smolyakov, Sergey Garmash

Crew

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Production Countries

Russia

Production Companies

Studio Trite, Russia-1, Cinema Fund

Languages

English

Awards

7 wins & 5 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
5,624
Average Rating
6.7 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA