O Sport, You Are Peace!

Overview

A 1981 documentary film directed by Yuri Ozerov. It showed the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow. The director was awarded the State Prize of the USSR in 1982. The film was selected as the Soviet entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 54th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.

Top Cast

Leonid Brezhnev

self - opens the Olympics

Nikolai Ozerov

self - meets guests at the airport

Karel Gott

self - stadium spectator

Marina Kordoban

self - young hula artist

Maria Mosholiou

High Priestess of the Olympic Flame