Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

Red Penguins: Murder, Money and Ice Hockey

A Storyville documentary. A tale of capitalism and opportunism run amok - complete with gangsters, strippers and live bears serving beer on a hockey rink in Moscow.

A tale 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 that anything was possible in the new Russia.

Eccentric marketing whiz Steve Warshaw is sent to Russia and tasked with transforming the team into the greatest show in Moscow. He takes the viewer on a bizarre journey, highlighting a pivotal moment in US-Russia relations in a lawless era when oligarchs made their fortunes and multiple murders went unsolved.

1 hour, 19 minutes

Last on

Mon 7 Dec 2020 22:00
91热爆 Four

More episodes

Previous

Locked In: Breaking the Silence

Next

Whirlybird: Live above LA

See all episodes from Storyville

Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:36

    Gogol Bordello

    Purple

Credit

Director Gabe Polsky

Broadcast

Featured in...

  • The Dark Side of Sport

    Exploring the other side of the games we love.

  • Storyville

    Amazing, shocking, inspiring and award-winning - the best in international documentaries.

  • Documentary Films

    Compelling stories from around the world - captured on camera.

  • Sport Stories

    Inspirational, illuminating or nostalgic - real-life sporting stories.

  • For Thrill-seekers

    Documentaries to bring out the adventurer in you.