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Gorbachev.Heaven / Icarus Films ; Vertov.Real Cinema ; National Film Center of Latvia ; Hypermarket Film ; in co-production with Česká televize ; with the participation of ARTE ; in association with Current Time ; a film by Vitaly Manskiy ; written by Vitaly Mansky, Alexander Gelman ; directed by Vitaly Mansky ; coproduced by Natalia Manskaia, Filip Remunda, Vít Klusák.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Russian
- Subjects (All):
- Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931-2022.
- Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich.
- Soviet Union--Politics and government--1985-1991.
- Soviet Union.
- Politics and government.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Biographical films.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (1 hr., 40 min.) : digital, sound, color
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Gorbachev. Heaven
- Place of Publication:
- [Brooklyn, New York] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2021]
- Language Note:
- In Russian with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- This film finds acclaimed director Vitaly Mansky at home with a man who helped to shape the 20th-century: Mikhail Gorbachev. The Soviet leader was acclaimed as the architect of Glasnost and Perestroika, policies that gave the citizens of the Soviet Union a chance to be free. He even tore down the Berlin Wall. But at the same time, under his rule, the Chernobyl nuclear facility exploded and its destruction was concealed. Citizens demanding independence in the Baltic states died. Soldiers wielding shovels brutally suppressed protesters in Tbilisi. Soviet tanks killed peaceful demonstrators in Baku. Under Gorbachev, the Soviet empire collapsed. He is now condemned by his own people. This intimate portrait finds Gorbachev living alone in an empty house outside Moscow, still carrying the burdens of his past.
- Participant:
- Featuring, Mikhail Gorbachev.
- Credits:
- Cinematography, Alexandra Ivanova ; editing, Yevgeny Rybalko ; music, Kārlis Auzāns.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: Vertov/Hypermarket Film/Česká televize,©2020.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed September 15, 2021).
- Publisher Number:
- if-gorba Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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