Directed by:
Anton MegerdichevCinematography:
Igor GrinyakinCast:
Vladimir Mashkov, Andrey Smolyakov, Sergey Garmash, Marat Basharov, Viktoriya Tolstoganova, Kirill Zaytsev, Иван Колесников, Aleksandra Revenko (more)Plots(1)
Some victories change the course of history: victories of human spirit, of entire nations, of humanity. The legendary ‘three-second’ victory of the Soviet basketball team at the 1972 Munich Olympics is one of those triumphs. For the first time in 36 years, the ‘invincible’ US team was defeated. No one could have imagined it was possible to beat the magnificent Americans at the Olympics... no one except for the Russian, Georgian, Ukrainian, Kazakh, Belarusian and Lithuanian players on the Soviet national basketball team. With their country’s honor at stake and the tensions high in the aftermath of what has come to be known as the ‘Munich massacre’, the Soviet coach did everything in his power to help his charges shatter the American myth of an unsinkable dream team. He knew he had built the planet’s strongest team. First, he made his players believe in it. Then, he proved it to the world. (Moscow International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
![Vladimir Mashkov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/359/162359688_87cbe5.jpg)
Vladimir Mashkov
Soviet Union
![Andrey Smolyakov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/505/162505426_e7fc10.jpg)
Andrey Smolyakov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Father Sergius (1978)
Coach (2018)
Going Vertical (2017)
![Sergey Garmash](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/250/162250884_df3c1e.jpg)
Sergey Garmash
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Gibel imperii (2005) (series)
Doctor Zhivago (2005) (series)
The Excursionist (2013)
![Marat Basharov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/517/517909_3dbdd9.jpg)
Marat Basharov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Gibel imperii (2005) (series)
Burnt by the Sun (1994)
The Hero (2016)
![Viktoriya Tolstoganova](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/939/161939513_5c86f6.jpg)
Viktoriya Tolstoganova
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Going Vertical (2017)
Captain Volkonogov Escaped (2021)
The Execution (2021)
![Kirill Zaytsev](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/699/163699323_6c975d.jpg)
Kirill Zaytsev
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Gogol. A Terrible Vengeance (2018)
Going Vertical (2017)
Silver Skates (2020)
![Иван Колесников](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/250/162250880_c6c188.jpg)
Иван Колесников
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Going Vertical (2017)
Soyuz spaseniya (2019)
Day of the Full Moon (1998)
![Aleksandra Revenko](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/451/162451033_15efc2.jpg)
Aleksandra Revenko
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Leto (2018)
Going Vertical (2017)
How Viktor "the Garlic" took Alexey "the Stud" to the Nursing Home (2017)
James Tratas
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Going Vertical (2017)
Anna Karénina (2013) (TV movie)
Siberian Education (2013)
Кузьма Сапрыкин
Best movies:
Going Vertical (2017)
Goalkeeper of the Galaxy (2019)
![Vasiliy Shchipitsyn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/699/163699324_89b1f6.jpg)
Vasiliy Shchipitsyn
Best movies:
Going Vertical (2017)
![John Savage](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267624_4e7553.jpg)
John Savage
USA
Best movies:
The Godfather: Part III (1990)
Hair (1979)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
![Oleg Lebedev-Bovolskiy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/253/162253014_6be890.jpg)
Oleg Lebedev-Bovolskiy
Best movies:
Hipsters (2008)
Going Vertical (2017)
Chyornaya strela (1985)
Cazimir Liske
USA
Best movies:
Going Vertical (2017)
Igor Gusev
Best movies:
The Spacewalker (2017)
Going Vertical (2017)
Furious (2017)
Jordan Frye
Best movies:
Going Vertical (2017)
Sheena667 (2019)
Лиза Климова
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Going Vertical (2017)
Magic Arch (2020)
Andrius Paulavičius
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Going Vertical (2017)
War and Peace (2007) (series)
Jolki 3 (2013)
Isaiah Jarel
USA
Best movies:
Going Vertical (2017)
Gook (2017)
Mikhail Konovalov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Spacewalker (2017)
Going Vertical (2017)
Kalashnikov (2020)