Three Seconds

Three Seconds

133 mins | Drama | Dec. 28, 2017

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.

Three Seconds

133 mins | Drama | Dec. 28, 2017

Three Seconds
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Three T Productions, Russia 1, Cinema Fund
Original title Движение вверх
Directors Anton Megerdichev
Writers Andrey Kureychik, Nikolai Kulikov

Cast

Kuzma Saprykin

as Ivan Yedeshko

Natalya Kurdyubova

as sports commentator

Ivan Orlov

as Sergey Kovalenko, player of the USSR national team

Jonathan Salway

as Doctor at an american hospital