Three Seconds (2017)

Going Vertical is a film based on real events that occurred in 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. It focuses on a legendary final battle between USSR and USA basketball teams.

Director:

Anton Megerdichev

Writers:

Sergey Belov (book), Aleksandr Konovalov (book)

Stars:

Vladimir Mashkov, John Savage, Marat Basharov

5 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Vladimir Mashkov	...	Vladimir Garanzhin
John Savage	...	Hank Aiba
Marat Basharov	...	Tereschenko
Sergey Garmash	...	Sergey Pavlov, head of Goskomsport
Ivan Kolesnikov	...	Aleksander Belov
Otar Lortkipanidze	...	Mikhail Korkia
Irakli Mikava	...	Zourab Sakandelidze
Aleksandra Revenko	...	Aleksandra Ovchinnikova
Aleksandr Ryapolov	...	Alzhan Zharmukhamedov
James Tratas	...	Modestas Paulauskas
Kirill Zaytsev	...	Sergey Belov
Andrey Smolyakov	...	Sergey Bashkin
Ivan Orlov	...	Sergey Kovalenko
Egor Klimovich	...	Aleksander Boloshev
Dmitriy Frid	...	Referee

Storyline

The film tells us about the incredible events that occurred at the 1972 Olympics in Munich. The USSR basketball team was able to defeat the unbeatable Americans in the final of the basketball tournament. Three seconds before the end of the match, the Americans led by one point advantage. The Americans have already begun to rejoice in the victory, they were sure that in these three seconds the outcome of the match will not change. But not only the outcome of the match changed, but the whole basketball history.

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Plot Keywords:

kgb | political repression | disabled child | torture | plagiarism | 

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Genres:

Drama | Sport

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Did You Know?

Trivia

The last scenes of the film - the scenes of the final match of the 1972 Olympic Games basketball tournament between the USSR and the US national teams - were filmed in the first filming days. Instead of a crowd of fans, advertising and other attributes of the Munich match, the shooting technique used the "chromakey" technology.

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Goofs

The coach of the USSR team was told to win over the USA in the finals otherwise he will be let gone. However in real life the target was to come to the finals, which finally happened.

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Quotes

Vladimir Garanzhin: Play for yourself and for Sashka! For yourself and for Sashka!

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Connections

Referenced in Evening Urgant: Katerina Shpitsa/Kuzma Saprykin/Proryv (2019)

User Reviews

Deserves 8/10 at least.

Great movie about that olympic game. If you think theres misinformation in this movie, google the 1972 olympic basketball final.

Details

Country:

Russia

Language:

Russian English Georgian Lithuanian

Release Date:

28 December 2017 (Russia)

Also Known As:

Three Seconds

Filming Locations:

Russia

Box Office

Budget:

$7,500,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$59,884,997

Company Credits

Production Co:

Three T Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

133 min

Color:

Color