7.2/10 33 votes

Released:
1981-09-18

Overview:
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.

Director:
Yuri Ozerov

Runtime:
2h 28min

Genre:
Documentary

• Cast:
• 
  Leonid Brezhnev
  as
  Self - Opens the Olympics
• 
  Nikolai Ozerov
  as
  Self - Meets Guests at the Airport
• 
  Karel Gott
  as
  Self - Stadium Spectator
• 
  Marina Kordoban
  as
  Self - Young Hula Artist
• 
  Maria Mosholiou
  as
  Self - High Priestess of the Olympic Flame