
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







