O Sport, You Are Peace!

1981 2h 28m RU

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★6.5TMDB · 10

Documentary

Synopsis

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A 1981 documentary film directed by Yuri Ozerov. It showed the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow. The director was awarded the State Prize of the USSR in 1982. The film was selected as the Soviet entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 54th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Leonid Brezhnev
Self - Opens the Olympics
Nikolai Ozerov
Self - Meets Guests at the Airport
Karel Gott
Self - Stadium Spectator
Marina Kordoban
Self - Young Hula Artist
Maria Mosholiou
Self - High Priestess of the Olympic Flame
Ignatiy Novikov
Self - Chairman of the Organizing Committee Olympiad-80
Michael Killanin
Self - Chairman of the International Olympic Committee
Lyudmila Kondratyeva
Self - Olympic Champion-80

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Yuri Ozerov
Writers: Yuri Ozerov, Boris Rychkov, Nikolay Dobronravov
Languages: Russian
Countries: Soviet Union

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45 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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ERA

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Part of the "100 Years of Olympic Films: 1912–2012" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Yuri Ozerov, shot by Nikolay Olonovskiy. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Aleksandra Pakhmutova. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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CAST

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Leonid Brezhnev and Nikolai Ozerov and Karel Gott carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0151789 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 10 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Yuri Ozerov directs. Nikolay Olonovskiy behind the camera. Aleksandra Pakhmutova scores. Produced in Soviet Union. Dialogue in Russian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

145 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Part of the "100 Years of Olympic Films: 1912–2012" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Yuri Ozerov, shot by Nikolay Olonovskiy. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Aleksandra Pakhmutova. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Leonid Brezhnev and Nikolai Ozerov and Karel Gott carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0151789 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 10 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Nikolay Olonovskiy
Original score: Aleksandra Pakhmutova
Production design: Lyudmila Koshkina
Costume design: Dilyara Ozerova
Runtime: 148 min · 2h 28m
Status: Released
Original language: RU
IMDB: O Sport, You Are Peace! (1981)

Part of

100 Years of Olympic Films: 1912–2012

Spanning fifty-three movies and forty-one editions of the Olympic Games, 100 Years of Olympic Films: 1912–2012 is the culmination of a monumental, award-winning archival project encompassing dozens of new restorations by the International Olympic Committee. The documentaries collected here cast a cinematic eye on some of the most iconic moments in the history of modern sports, spotlighting athletes who embody the Olympic motto of “Faster, Higher, Stronger”: Jesse Owens shattering world records on the track in 1936 Berlin, Jean-Claude Killy dominating the Grenoble slopes in 1968, Joan Benoit breaking away to win the Games’ first women’s marathon in Los Angeles in 1984.