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Status
Released
Release
1981
Runtime
2h 28m
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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.
20 Cast Members
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
Self - High Priestess of the Olympic Flame
Ignatiy Novikov
Self - Chairman of the Organizing Committee Olympiad-80
Michael Killanin
Self - Chairman of the International Olympic Committee
Lyudmila Kondratyeva
Self - Olympic Champion-80
Alan Wells
Self - Olympic Champion-80
Sebastian Coe
Self - Olympic Champion-80
Miruts Yifter
Self - Olympic Champion-80
Viktor Saneev
Self - Carrying the Olympic Torch into the Stadium
Sergei Belov
Self - Lights the Olympic Cup
Martinos Simitsek
Self - Vice-President of the International Olympic Academy
Thomas Munkelt
Self - Olympic Champion-80
Bohdan Tomaszewski
Self - Sportscaster
Bronislaw Malinowski
Self - Olympic Champion-80
Pietro Mennea
Self - Olympic Champion-80
Richard Hooper
Self - Participant of the Olympics-80 in the Marathon
Patrick Hooper
Self - Participant of the Olympics-80 in the Marathon
