Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Red Army / Sony Pictures Classics presents a Gabriel Polsky production ; a film by Gabe Polsky ; produced, written and directed by Gabe Polsky.

Edition:

Full and widescreen.

Publisher, Date:

[Culver City, California] : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2015]

Description:

1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

digital optical

video file DVD video

Summary:

A feature documentary about the Soviet Union and the most successful dynasty in sports history: the Red Army hockey team. Told from the perspective of its captain Slava Fetisov, the story portrays his transformation from national hero to political enemy. The film examines how sport mirrors social and cultural movements and parallels the rise and fall of the Red Army team with the Soviet Union.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: PG; for thematic material and language.

Subjects:

Fetisov, V︠i︡acheslav

Sbornai︠a︡ SSSR (Hockey team)

Hockey teams -- Soviet Union -- History.

Hockey players -- Soviet Union -- Biography.

Sports and state -- Soviet Union -- History.

Sports films.

Biographical films.

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.