共产主义与足球

BBCFour拍摄的记载片，谈苏维埃政权若何介进国家运动，东欧的足球场若何成为共产主义政客应用的沙场，俄罗斯、匈牙利与前东德共产主义首级的操控，以及在铁幕眼前不愿协作者的一些案例。AftertheRussianRevolution,theSovietauthoritiessoughttoexercisecontrolovereveryaspectofsocial,politicalandculturallife,includingRussia’snationalsport,football.Throughoutthe20thCentury,thefootballgroundsofEasternEuropebecamebattlegroundsasruthlesspoliticianstriedtousefootballtolendlegitimacytocommunistrule.Inthisfilm,footballersfromRussia,HungaryandEastGermanyrecallhowthebeautifulgamewasmanipulatedbyruthlesscommunistleaders,andrevealhowthecareersofseveralgreatfootballersfrombehindtheIronCurtainweredestroyedsimplybecausetheyrefusedtoco-operatewiththeEasternBloc’smostbrutaltotalitarianregimes.ThecentraltaleisoftheGeorgeBestofRussianfootball,aseventeen-year-oldslinky,skilledforwardwithateddyboyhaircut,EduardStreltstov,whowastheinventorofaback-heeledpass,stillknownas"TheRussianPelé",whosecareerwaswreckedbytheKGB.