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The red army russian five, alex kasatanov from left, viktor tikhonov, vladislav tretiak, igor larionov, and slava fetisov, are seen in a clip from the documentary red army, directed by gabe. The film tells the story of the soviet union national ice hockey team through the eyes of team captain slava. Poster designed for the documentary focusing on the soviet union during the height of the cold war, and the nations famed red army hockey team. War, deception, art and glory come together in the documentary film the ghost army, the astonishing true story of american g. New bittorrent bundle explores hockey and politics in soviet russia, with archival content and unreleased footage from red army, in theaters january 23. Red army is a 1989 cold warera war novel written by u. Told from the perspective of its captain slava fetisov, the. The name red army was abandoned in 1946 the russian imperial army and navy, together with other imperial institutions of tsarist russia, disintegrated after the outbreak of the russian revolution of 1917. The successful actions of the red army during the battle of kyiv had a. It has extensive interviews in english and subtitled russian with the most famous members of the soviet team, particularly the legendary russian five, including slava. Red army, russian krasnaya armiya, soviet army created by the communist government after the bolshevik revolution of 1917. Red army tells the brutal and tragic story of the soviet hockey. The documentary is less interested with the facts of the red army team, and wants to offer a view into the personalities and emotions of the people behind it.
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