Going Vertical
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| Directed by | Anton Megerdichev |
| Screenplay by | Nikolay Kulikov |
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| Cinematography | Igor Grinyakin |
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| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
Going Vertical (Template:Lang-ru) is an upcoming Russian sport drama film directed by Anton Megerdichev about the victory of the Soviet national basketball team over a team of Americans at the 1972 Olympics in Munich. It is scheduled to be released on 28 December 2017.
Cast
- Vladimir Mashkov as Vladimir Kondrashin, coach of the USSR national basketball team
- John Savage as Henry Iba
- Jay Bowdy as Mike Bantom
- Oliver Morton as Doug Collins
- Sheila M. Lockhart as African American Pedestrian
- Chidi Ajufo as Jim Brewer
- James Tratas as Modestas Paulauskas, captain of the USSR national team (№5)
- Andrius Paulavicius as Jonas
- Isaiah Jarel as Jimmy
- Kirill Zaytsev as Sergei Belov, player of the USSR national team (№10)
- Andrey Smolyakov
- Ivan Kolesnikov as Alexander Belov, player of the USSR national team (№14)
- Viktoriya Tolstoganova
- Sergei Garmash as Sergei Pavlov, Chairman of the State Committee for Sport of the USSR
- Kuzma Saprykin as Ivan Edeshko, player of the USSR national team (№9)
- Egor Klimovich as Aleksandr Boloshev, player of the USSR national team (№8)
- Aleksandr Ryapolov as Alzhan Zharmukhamedov, player of the USSR national team (№7)
- Ivan Orlov as Sergei Kovalenko, player of the USSR national team (№15)
- Konstantin Shpakov as Tony Jameson
- Vladislav Lvov as acrobat
- Tene Kirsanova as cheerleader
- Daniil Soldatov as Mike, reporter
- Irakliy Kvantrishvili as Irakliy
- Oleg Lebedev as Ranko Zheravica, coach of the Yugoslav national team
- Aleksandr Gromov as basketball player
- Elena Skvortsova as nurse
Production
- The scene of the legendary match was shot during the first filming days.[1]