BBCFour拍攝的紀錄片，談蘇維埃政權如何介入國家運動，東歐的足球場如何成為共產主義政客利用的戰(zhàn)場，俄羅斯、匈牙利與前東德共產主義領袖的操控，以及在鐵幕背后不愿合作者的一些案例。AftertheRussianRevolution,theSovietauthoritiessoughttoexercisecontrolovereveryaspectofsocial,politicalandculturallife,includingRussia’snationalsport,football.Throughoutthe20thCentury,thefootballgroundsofEasternEuropebecamebattlegroundsasruthlesspoliticianstriedtousefootballtolendlegitimacytocommunistrule.Inthisfilm,footballersfromRussia,HungaryandEastGermanyrecallhowthebeautifulgamewasmanipulatedbyruthlesscommunistleaders,andrevealhowthecareersofseveralgreatfootballersfrombehindtheIronCurtainweredestroyedsimplybecausetheyrefusedtoco-operatewiththeEasternBloc’smostbrutaltotalitarianregimes.ThecentraltaleisoftheGeorgeBestofRussianfootball,aseventeen-year-oldslinky,skilledforwardwithateddyboyhaircut,EduardStreltstov,whowastheinventorofaback-heeledpass,stillknownas"TheRussianPelé",whosecareerwaswreckedbytheKGB.
