Going Vertical (2017)

Original title

Движение вверх

Directed by

Anton Megerdichev

Genre

drama film, biographical film, sport film, historical drama

Country

Russia

Runtime

2h 13m

Rated

N-7

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 181 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The Soviet national basketball team faces off against the legendary U.S. team at the 1972 Munich Olympics. The film follows the players and their coach as they strive to end the American team's 63-game winning streak.

triumphanttenseenergeticinspiringnostalgicurgentemotionaldetermined

What happens

Going Vertical, also known as Three Seconds (Russian: Движение вверх, romanized: Dvizhenie vverkh) is a 2017 Russian sports drama film directed by Anton Megerdichev about the controversial victory of the Soviet national basketball team over the 1972 U.S. Olympic team, ending their 63-game winning streak, at the Munich Summer Olympic's men's basketball tournament. Upon its release on 28 December 2017, Going Vertical achieved critical and commercial success. With a worldwide gross of $66.3 million, Going Vertical was the highest-grossing modern Russian film of all time at the time of release. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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