It's about hockey, but it's about more than just hockey. It's a classic Cold War documentary. The Cold War certainly reached the world of sports and the Soviets had the best hockey team in the world. The first part of the movie is about how they got so good. But then it becomes more of a fascinating look behind the scenes at the Soviet machine under which the hockey stars suffered. It's pretty short, packing in a lot of interesting interviews, even if you're not into hockey. At the highest levels, it was about ideology, but the players on the ice were only human and this movie gets to their humanity. I know they call soccer the beautiful game, but Soviet hockey was true balletic beauty.
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