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.
Cast
Liev Schreiber
Narrator (voice)
Bud Greenspan
Self
Jim McKay
Self
Frank Gifford
Self
Robert Edelman
Self
Evgeny Rubin
Self
Bela Baram
Self
Alexander Gomelsky
Self
Ivan Edeshko
Self
Bob Ryan
Self
Sergei Baskin
Self
Alexander Belov
Self
Aleksandr Boloshev
Self
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
Joseph Stalin
Self (archive footage)
Leonid Brezhnev
Self (archive footage)
Julius Erving
Self (archive footage)
Bill Russell
Self (archive footage)
Crew
Steven Stern
Director, Writer
Rick Bernstein
Executive Producer
Ross Greenburg
Executive Producer
Olga Akimova
Producer
George Roy
Producer
Elyse Foley
Associate Producer
Erik Kesten
Associate Producer
Jon Hoffman
Camera Operator
Vladimir Merkulov
Camera Operator
Jason Fox
Sound Editor
Brian Keane
Music
Holly Peterman
Production Manager
Terri Finaro
Graphic Designer
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