Original Title : Red Penguins
Time : 80 Min
Genre : Documentary, Sport
Project Type : Movie
Year of release : 2019
Director : Gabe Polsky
Writer : Gabe Polsky
Producer : Gabe Polsky
Project State : completed
Origin Country/Region : United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Denmark, Israel, Spain, Norway, France, Sweden, Singapore, Finland
Original Language : English, Russian
About : Red Penguins tells a story of capitalism and opportunism run amok - complete with gangsters, strippers and live bears serving beer on a hockey rink in Moscow. Shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Pittsburgh Penguins and the ...See moreRed Penguins tells a story of capitalism and opportunism run amok - complete with gangsters, strippers and live bears serving beer on a hockey rink in Moscow. Shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Pittsburgh Penguins and the famed Red Army hockey team formed a joint-venture that showed anything was possible in the new Russia. Eccentric marketing whiz, Steve Warshaw, is sent to Russia and tasked to transform team into the greatest show in Moscow. He takes the viewer on a bizarre journey highlighting a pivotal moment in U.S. Russian relations in a lawless era when oligarchs made their fortunes and multiple murders went unsolved. See less Read more: Plot summary