2002 · Steven Stern · 59 min
Divided by the Cold War. Bound by controversy.
The 1972 Olympic men's basketball final, in which Team USA suffered their first ever loss in Games competition, was one of the most controversial events in the history of both the Olympics and basketball.
Liev SchreiberNarrator (voice)
Bud GreenspanSelfJim McKaySelf
Frank GiffordSelfRobert EdelmanSelf
Evgeny RubinSelfBela BaramSelfAlexander GomelskySelf
Ivan EdeshkoSelfBob RyanSelfSergei BaskinSelfAlexander BelovSelfAleksandr BoloshevSelf
Adolf HitlerSelf (archive footage)
Joseph StalinSelf (archive footage)