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Red Army
Documentary · 2015
A documentary highlighting the Soviet Union's legendary and enigmatic hockey training culture and world-dominating team through the eyes of the team's Captain Slava Fetisov, following his shift from hockey star and celebrated national hero to political enemy.
The sides of Red Army
- The Soviet Union's hockey team
- Captain Slava Fetisov
- A national hero turned political enemy
Red Army is good for you if…
- you like hockey and a team that played it like a ballet.
- you want to see how the Soviet state used its athletes.
- you like the Cold War told through one player's life.
Red Army is bad for you if…
- you find long stretches of old archive footage dated.
About: the Cold War · loyalty · freedom
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