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.
Writing | Nikolai Kulikov | Screenplay |
Production | Leonid Vereshchagin | Producer |
Production | Nikita Mikhalkov | Producer |
Directing | Anton Megerdichev | Director |
Production | Anton Zlatopolskiy | Producer |
Art | Sergey Agin | Production Design |
Crew | Alexandra Magakyan | Additional Music |
Editing | Petr Zelenov | Editor |
Writing | Andrey Kureychik | Co-Writer |
Camera | Igor Grinyakin | Director of Photography |
Sound | Julia Holter | Original Music Composer |
Production | Vladimir Vasilyev | Line Producer |
Production | Alexey Dubinin | Line Producer |
Production | Ekaterina Yakovleva | Line Producer |
Production | Sergey Gurevich | Executive Producer |
Production | Aleksandr Utkin | Executive Producer |
Costume & Make-Up | Sergey Struchev | Costume Design |
Art | Oleg Kolodko | Set Designer |
Editing | Anton Megerdichev | Editor |
Editing | Vazgen Kagramanyan | Editor |