The Russian Five

Watch: The Russian Five

4/11/20181h 49m

Premiere Release (US)

Overview:

The story of the five Russian hockey stars who helped the Detroit Red Wings win back-to-back Stanley Cup championships and created one of the most memorable chapters in Motor City sports history.

Director:

Joshua Riehl

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$485,049.00

Key words:

sports
ice hockey
nhl

Cast

Sergei Fedorov

~ as ~

Himself

Vladimir Konstantinov

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Himself

Vyacheslav Kozlov

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Himself

Igor Larionov

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self

Jim Devellano

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self

Viacheslav Fetisov

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self

Jeff Daniels

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self

Scotty Bowman

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self

Nicklas Lidstrom

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self

Steve Yzerman

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self

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Reviews (1)

Peter McGinn
Written 5 year(s) ago
8
I found this to be an interesting documentary, especially considering the narrow subject matter. It utilized an imaginative and interesting angle: using some kind of almost comic book style pictures at times in between video clips. That was different.

It perhaps ran a bit long for me, since I am not a hockey fan, but it told the story well overall. I was surprised in one way because back when all of this was going on, it felt to me that the Detroit Red Wings had won the Stanley Cup year in and year out, like the Montreal Canadians used to. Not so much, though they stayed good for a long time. But I was not following the sport closely. I also vaguely remember the accident involving two of the Russian Five, but I never knew it was so preventable and unnecessary. Why was that guy even driving?

It was an entertaining independent film offering. It was fun seeing Jeff Daniels in it as I have long enjoyed his acting career and his social and political stances.