A documentary sports drama about the legendary 1972 USSR–Canada Super Series. It was then, for the first time at such a high level, that a real battle unfolded: the Soviet ice hockey players dispelled the myth of the Canadian team’s invincibility and its world supremacy, despite the USSR’s actual defeat. This dramatic story is brought to life through interviews with key players from the Super Series and a number of leading experts, who recount the details of these historic matches in modern language. The film features unique archive footage, and the filmmakers’ masterstroke was bringing all the speakers together in a single virtual space of ‘heroes’
