Red Army Ice Hockey Film

With jeff daniels jim devellano sergei fedorov viacheslav fetisov.

Red army ice hockey film. Directed by joshua riehl. The film is about the soviet russian game from the 1950s to its deterioration in the 1990s. In the late 1980s the detroit red wings worked to finally break their decades long stanley cup drought by extracting players from the soviet union and in the process changed the way north american hockey is played. Red army review ice hockey meets cold war ideology 3 5 stars 3 out of 5 stars.

Red army 2014 gabe polsky s red army does what few if any films have done. How would the soviet union red army national hockey team do today. Directed by gabe polsky the film tells the story through the eyes of team captain slava fetisov. The russian five was the nickname given to the unit of five russian ice hockey players from the soviet union that played for the detroit red wings in the 1990s.

It comes across as the most honest portrayal of the soviet union s relationship to hockey and depicts how dramatically russian style hockey changed the sport. Best team duration. Red army review touching cold war tale of a soviet ice hockey soldier the story of slava fetisov the soviet ice hockey player who morphed into an international star is at the heart of this. Red army made its north american debut at the toronto international film festival and was released in american theaters by sony pictures classics.

The soviets battles with the us on and off the ice are relived in this documentary. Red army made its north american debut at the 2014 toronto international film festival and was released in american theaters by sony pictures classics. Cccp nhl 18 simulation. The red army hockey team.

The five players were sergei fedorov vladimir konstantinov slava kozlov slava fetisov and igor larionov three of the players were drafted by the red wings in 1989 and 1990 and their defections from the soviet union were aided by. From the ussr to russia the film examines how sport mirrors social and cultural movements and parallels the rise and fall of the red army team with the soviet union. The film relates the soviet union s dominance of ice hockey during the cold war. Provide a real glimpse at the life of soviet hockey players inside the iron curtain.

The film relates the soviet union s dominance of ice hockey during the cold war.