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The last days of the USSR / a production [by] Roche Productions with the participation of France Télévisions, Planète, LCP Assemblée nationale ; a film by Jean-Charles Deniau and Serge Kostine ; directed by Jean-Charles Deniau ; produced by Dominique Tibi.
LIBRA DVD 021 876
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- Russian
- Subjects (All):
- Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931-2022.
- Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich.
- Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich, 1931-2007.
- Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich.
- Soviet Union--History--1985-1991.
- Soviet Union.
- History.
- Soviet Union--Politics and government--1985-1991.
- Politics and government.
- Soviet Union--Social conditions--1970-1991.
- Social conditions.
- Genre:
- Documentary television programs.
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (52 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- Wheeling, IL : Film Ideas [distributor], 2011.
- Language Note:
- In English, Russian and French with simultaneous English voice over translation.
- System Details:
- DVD-R.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- This documentary recounts the critical last two years of the USSR and sheds light on events that led to the sudden collapse of one of the most totalitarian empires of the 20th century.
- Participant:
- Narrated by Nicholas Storey.
- Patrick Albenque, Paul Barrett, Nicholas Calderbank, Steve Gadler, Vincent Londez, Fraser Macnaught, Ian Marshall, Crystal Shepherd-Cross, Noam Chomsky, Mikhail Gorbachev, Edward Shevardnadze, Lech Walesa.
- Credits:
- Editor, Gilles Dinnematin ; composor, Gérard Cohen-Tannugi ; camera, Julien Deniau, Robert Genoud, Martins Punans.
- Notes:
- NOTICE: This is a DVD-R and may not play on all DVD players.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- OCLC:
- 773899878
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