Legenda No. 17 (2013)

Original title

Легенда №17

Directed by

Nikolai Lebedev

Genre

drama film, biographical film, sport film

Country

Russia

Runtime

2h 14m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 149 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film is about Soviet hockey player Valeri Kharlamov. It follows his rise to fame and the first match between the USSR and Canada in 1972.

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What happens

Legend No. 17 (Russian: Легенда №17) is a 2013 Russian biographical sports film directed by Nikolai Lebedev and produced by Trite Studio. The film is based on real events and tells of the rise to fame of the Soviet hockey player Valeri Kharlamov and about the first match of the Summit Series USSR — Canada 1972. The film was awarded with six Golden Eagle awards, including the best Russian film of the year. The filmmakers received the State Prize of the Russian Federation for the year 2013. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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