Soviet Ice Hockey Documentary

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.

Soviet ice hockey documentary. Directed by joshua riehl. Told from the perspective of its captain slava fetisov the story portrays his transformation from national hero to political enemy. He is then followed by the brutal viktor tikhonov who is more. Red army describes the development of the soviet team under coach anatoli tarosov considered to be the father of russian hockey.

The red army hockey team. The film is about the soviet russian game from the 1950s to its deterioration in the 1990s. Seated at the monitor is gabe polsky the 35 year old director of red army a documentary chronicling the central red army hockey team cska moscow one of the most successful dynasties in professional sports. With jeff daniels jim devellano sergei fedorov viacheslav fetisov.

Red army made its north american debut at the 2014 toronto international film festival and was released in american theaters by sony pictures classics. The famous miracle on ice is perhaps the hockey game most americans know best. The film relates the soviet union s dominance of ice hockey during the cold war. Red army tells the story of the soviet union national ice hockey team through the eyes of team captain slava fetisov focusing on the 1980 winter olympic games in lake placid n y.

Documentary examines soviet union ice hockey in the 1980s a new film reveals the brutality that lay behind the brilliance geoffrey macnab theindyfilm.