Divided by the Cold War. Bound by controversy.
:03 from Gold
The 1972 Olympic men's basketball final, in which Team USA suffered their first ever loss in Games competition, was one of the most controversial events in the history of both the Olympics and basketball.
Steven SternDirector
Steven SternWriter
Top Billed Cast
Liev Schreiber
Narrator (voice)
Bud Greenspan
Self
Frank Gifford
Self
Evgeny Rubin
Self
Ivan Edeshko
Self
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
Joseph Stalin
Self (archive footage)
Leonid Brezhnev
Self (archive footage)
