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Sporting Honour

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Sporting Honour
Directed byVladimir Petrov
Written byNikolay Erdman
Mikhail Volpin
StarringAleksei Gribov
Grigori Sergeyev
Margarita Lifanova
CinematographyYuli Kun
Mark Magidson
Vladimir Yakovlev
Edited byKlavdiya Moskvina
Music byMatvei Blanter
Production
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Release date
  • 11 June 1951 (1951-06-11)
Running time
107 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

Sporting Honour (Russian: Спортивная честь) is a 1951 Soviet sports film directed by Vladimir Petrov and starring Aleksei Gribov, Grigori Sergeyev and Margarita Lifanova. It was awarded the Stalin Prize, although political objections had delayed its release.[1]

Plot

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Worker of the Ural plant Vetlugin becomes a member of the Moscow football team 'Turbina'. Known to the whole country captain and center striker Vitaly Grinko is jealous of the newcomer and tries to discredit the simple-minded football player. The whole team takes the newcomer's side, criticizes the behavior of the captain, and in the game with the foreign team wins.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Freedman p.192

Bibliography

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  • Freedman, John. Silence's roar: the life and drama of Nikolai Erdman. Mosaic Press, 1992.
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