By the age of twenty, Eduard Streltsov has everything one can dream of: talent, fame and love. He is the rising star of Soviet football. The whole country, with bated breath, expects victory from the national team at the upcoming World Cup where Streltsov is to face the great Brazilian football player Pelé. However, two days before the departure of the team, the sportsman’s enemies manage to destroy his career. When the door to big sport seems to be closed for good, Streltsov has to re-enter the field and prove that he is a true champion who is worth everybody’s love.
as Eduard Streltsov
as Artemov
as Ivanov
as Maslov
as Alla
as Levin
as Brezhnev
as Nikita Simonyan
as Nikolay Tischenko
as Postnikov Yury Dmitrievich
as Marina
as Vaska
as Gavriil Dmitrievich Kachalin
as Sofya Frolovna, Streltsov's mother
as Shustikov
as football player
as football player
as doctor of the USSR national team
as chairman of the commission
as football player "Torpedo"
as football player "Torpedo"
as policeman with a megaphone
as Kondratyev
as Khruschev
as Alla, neighbor
as correspondent
as Dobrovolsky
