O Sport, You Are Peace! (1981)

6.5/10 148 min Documentary

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.

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

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

Alan Wells

Self - Olympic Champion-80

Sebastian Coe

Self - Olympic Champion-80

Miruts Yifter

Self - Olympic Champion-80

Viktor Saneev

Self - Carrying the Olympic Torch into the Stadium

Sergei Belov

Self - Lights the Olympic Cup

Thomas Munkelt

Self - Olympic Champion-80

Bohdan Tomaszewski

Self - Sportscaster

Bronislaw Malinowski

Self - Olympic Champion-80

Pietro Mennea

Self - Olympic Champion-80

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