Sporting Honour Explained

Sporting Honour (ru|Спортивная честь|) is a 1951 Soviet sports film directed by Vladimir Petrov and starring Aleksei Gribov, Grigori Sergeyev and Margarita Lifanova. It was awarded the Stalin Prize, although political objections had delayed its release.^[1]

Plot

Worker of the Ural plant Vetlugin becomes a member of the Moscow football team 'Turbina'. Known to the whole country captain and center striker Vitaly Grinko is jealous of the newcomer and tries to discredit the simple-minded football player. The whole team takes the newcomer's side, criticizes the behavior of the captain, and in the game with the foreign team wins.

Cast

• Aleksei Gribov as Pyotr Semyonovich Grinko
• Grigori Sergeyev as Vitali Grinko
• Margarita Lifanova as Tonya Grinko
• Lev Frichinsky as Vetlugin
• Nikolay Kryuchkov as Coach of 'Turbina' team
• Vadim Sinyavsky as Radio announcer
  • Boris Sitko Anastasia Zuyeva as Ekaterina Nikolaevna Grinko
• Vladimir Vladislavskiy
• Lev Fenin
• Mikhail Semichastny
  • • • Mikhail Antonevich Boris Kochetov Aleksandr Malyavkin Vsevolod Radikorskiy
• Nina Grebeshkova Tonya's friend
• Yevgeny Leonov as Waiter
• Tatyana Konyukhova as Tonya's friend
• Valentina Telegina as Vetlugina

References

1. Freedman p.192

Bibliography

• Freedman, John. Silence's roar: the life and drama of Nikolai Erdman. Mosaic Press, 1992.