By the age of twenty, Eduard Streltsov has everything one can dream of: talent, fame and love. He is the rising star of Soviet football. The whole country, with bated breath, expects victory from the national team at the upcoming World Cup where Streltsov is to face the great Brazilian football player Pelé. However, two days before the departure of the team, the sportsman’s enemies manage to destroy his career. When the door to big sport seems to be closed for good, Streltsov has to re-enter the field and prove that he is a true champion who is worth everybody’s love.
Producer: Nikita Mikhalkov, Alexey Uchitel, Rafael Minasbekyan, Leonid Vereshchagin, Anton Zlatopolskiy
Director: Ilya Uchitel
Screenplay: Konstantin Chelidze
Director of Photography: Morad Abdel-Fattakh
Eduard Streltsov
Artemov
Ivanov
Maslov
Alla
Levin
Brezhnev
Nikita Simonyan