O Sport, You Are Peace! Explained

O Sport, You Are Peace!
Director:Yuri Ozerov
Cinematography:Nikolay Olonovskiy
Lev Maksimov
Mikhail Oshurkov;
Fyodor Khitruk (animation)
Studio:Mosfilm Studios
Sovexportfilm
Runtime:149 minutes
Country:Soviet Union
Language:Russian
English
German
Spanish

O Sport, You Are Peace! (Russian: О спорт, ты - мир! transliterated as O sport, ty - mir!) was a 1981 documentary film directed by Yuri Ozerov, who also co-wrote it. The documentary showed the opening and closing ceremonies, and sporting events 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 did not reach the finals.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences