The Russian Five

Friday, May 31 - Thursday, June 6, 2019

The Detroit Red Wings hockey team was a joke in the late ‘80s. When a pizza magnate bought the failing team, his unorthodox General Manager turned to America’s mortal enemy in the Cold War: the USSR. The Red Wings brought on one Russian after another, sneaking them into Detroit, only to find that the new players faced another problem: integration. THE RUSSIAN FIVE follows these immigrants who came to America and struggled to fit in, training day and night just to become Stanley Cup champions.

Winner: Best of SIFF, Seattle Int’l Film Festival; Winner: Audience Award, Windsor Int’l Film Festival; Winner: Audience Award, Traverse City Film Festival

Country USA
Running Time 99 minutes
Director Joshua Riehl
Writer Keith Gave, Joshua Riehl, Jason Wehling
Editor David Fabelo
Cinematographer E.J. Enriquez, Chris Rosik
Cast Jeff Daniels, Jim Devellano, Sergei Fedorov, Viacheslav Fetisov, Wayne Gretzky, Vladimir Konstantinov, Vyacheslav Kozlov, Igor Larionov