剧情介绍
BBCFour拍摄的纪录片，谈苏维埃政权如何介入国家运动，东欧的足球场如何成为共产主义政客利用的战场，俄罗斯、匈牙利与前东德共产主义领袖的操控，以及在铁幕背后不愿合作者的一些案例。AftertheRussianRevolution,theSovietauthoritiessoughttoexercisecontrolovereveryaspectofsocial,politicalandculturallife,includingRussia’snationalsport,football.Throughoutthe20thCentury,thefootballgroundsofEasternEuropebecamebattlegroundsasruthlesspoliticianstriedtousefootballtolendlegitimacytocommunistrule.Inthisfilm,footballersfromRussia,HungaryandEastGermanyrecallhowthebeautifulgamewasmanipulatedbyruthlesscommunistleaders,andrevealhowthecareersofseveralgreatfootballersfrombehindtheIronCurtainweredestroyedsimplybecausetheyrefusedtoco-operatewiththeEasternBloc’smostbrutaltotalitarianregimes.ThecentraltaleisoftheGeorgeBestofRussianfootball,aseventeen-year-oldslinky,skilledforwardwithateddyboyhaircut,EduardStreltstov,whowastheinventorofaback-heeledpass,stillknownas"TheRussianPelé",whosecareerwaswreckedbytheKGB. 展开全部