Ronald Reagan

Vladimir Putin

Werner Herzog

Mikhail Gorbachev

The life of Mikhail Gorbachev, the eighth and final President of the Soviet Union in chronological order.

Meeting Gorbachev

Meeting Gorbachev (2018)

Jimmy Carter

Prince Charles

Queen Elizabeth II

During the summary trial that he and his wife were submitted to, Nicolae Ceausescu is reviewing his long reign in power: 1965-1989. From a formal point of view, The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu proves that it is possible to only use existing images to yield films focused on recent history, yet with an epic vein similar to that of the historical fiction cinema. This is an eminently syntactic endeavor, where montage plays a twofold part: mise-en-scene, as it builds scenes that do not exist as such in the rushes, and classical editing, connecting scenes together.—Cannes Film Festival

The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu

The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu (2010)

Chulpan Khamatova

Evgeniy Mironov

Changes that reverberated throughout the world wrought by one man. A film summing-up the life of a man who changed the world in the 20th century. Gorbachev's short time in power was marked by the collapse of this empire. He was the architect of Glasnost and Perestroika, policies that gave the citizens of the Soviet Union - what Ronald Reagan called "the Evil Empire" - a chance to be free. The Soviet empire collapsed under him - and he is condemned by his own people. With this burden of the past, this lonely old man is living the last days of his life in an empty house in the suburbs near Moscow.

Gorbachev. Heaven

Gorbachev. Heaven (2020)

Joseph Stalin

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Adolf Hitler

A documentary on the 1956 Olympic semifinal water polo match between Hungary and Russia. Held in Australia, the match occurred as Russian forces were in Budapest, stomping out a popular revolt.

Freedom's Fury

Freedom's Fury (2006)

Bill Gates

Stephen Elop

Tuomas Siekkinen

The amazing history about the Finnish giant company Nokia. A company which has done remarkable changes when needed, and failed totally when the smart phones came. But Nokia is back again.

Nokia Mobile: We Were Connecting People

Nokia Mobile: We Were Connecting People (2017)

Gleb Pavlovsky

Yelena Okulova

The events of the film begin on December 31, 1999 when Russia was acquainted with its new President Vladimir Putin. The film is based on unique and strictly documentary testimonies of the true causes and consequences of the operation "Successor", as a result of which Russia ended up with the President who still rules the country. The protagonists of the film are Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin, Vladimir Putin, and the Russian nation, as always being a silent witness of its own destiny.

Putin's Witnesses

Putin's Witnesses (2018)

Boris Yeltsin

Vytautas Landsbergis

Algirdas Brazauskas

Documentary about Lithuania in the years 1989 to 1991, when the Baltic country broke away from the Soviet Union. Because of the peaceful protests with much singing, this period was later also called the 'singing revolution'. As one of the founders of the independence movement, Vytautas Landsbergis was at the heart of the historical upheaval. His incisive reflections are complemented by extensive archive footage of demonstrations, party congresses and the Soviet military intervention.—IDFA

Mr. Landsbergis

Mr. Landsbergis (2021)

Matthias Schweighöfer

Rainer Bock

Christian Friedel

Russendisko is the story of Wladimir, Andrej and Mischa. Three young Russian friends, who move from Moscow to Berlin in a lucky wave of emigration right after the fall of the Berlin wall. They take their chance looking for a better life and find themselves involved in the tales of everyday lunacy on the streets of Berlin and its spirit of the early nineties. Russendisko is a modern fairy tale, a story of friendship, of love, of dreams and the search for happiness and its fulfillment. The film is based on the mega selling novel by Wladimir Kaminer.—Anonymous

Russendisko

Russendisko (2012)

Yuriy Samoylenko

Nikolay Kaplin

Ihor Yatskiv

The story of Chernobyl told through a newly discovered hoard of dramatic footage filmed at the nuclear plant during the disaster and newly-recorded, deeply personal interviews of those who were there, directed by Emmy Award-winner and Russian-speaker James Jones. This gripping film tells the story of the disaster and its consequences entirely through extraordinary and immersive archive, shot at great risk in the hours, days, weeks and months after the accident by a handful of cameramen given access to the plant. These cameramen lived side by side with the "liquidators" who went to incredible and often fatal lengths to try to prevent another explosion and make the reactor safe. The reality of their bravery and heroism is more harrowing than any drama can portray. The footage, most of it never seen before in the West, has only now come to light after an extensive trawl by director James Jones of the state archives and other sources in Ukraine and Russia. For thirty-five years the story of what happened in April 1986 when the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant melted down has enthralled and horrified. Radio programmes and scripted dramas have all told their version of events. But no-one has made a documentary that reveals the full, shocking reality of this cataclysmic, world changing event - until now. Though many of the rescue workers died, a surprising number who appear prominently in the footage are still alive today. The film features newly recorded audio interviews with people involved in the original key moments of the footage - their memories of that fateful night and the aftermath haunting but also deeply humane. Amongst those interviews is Lyudmila Ihnatenko, whose firefighter husband Vasily died days after the accident, and who was pregnant at the time. She went onto lose her baby hours after she was born. "All the radiation I was inhaling, she absorbed it." From a ten-year-old schoolboy to a Russian general, we see how events at Chernobyl transformed the lives of millions of people. Soviet propaganda plays out as a backdrop, initially saying nothing of the disaster, Gorbachev eventually appearing to downplay what happened, putting his own citizens and the rest of the world at great risk. The film reveals how many people suffering from radiation poisoning, cancer and other illnesses were told that it had no connection to the accident. The state was in denial and was willing to lie to its own citizens to prevent the truth getting out. This film witnesses the incredible physical suffering of men who had sacrificed themselves for the greater good. The film shows how Chernobyl and the cover-up that followed sparked unprecedented distrust in the authorities, giving birth to a protest movement in Ukraine which would eventually lead to the collapse of the Soviet Union. The modern resonance of a disaster which threatened millions of lives but was tragically mishandled by those in authority will have an obvious resonance to the contemporary audience. Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes is the full, unadulterated true story of what happened in one of the most iconic but least understood tragedies of the twentieth century.

Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes

Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes (2022)

Gregory Kuznetsov

Deep in Russia, there is an invisible city that houses thousands of men, women and children who live and work behind double barbed-wire fences monitored by armed guards. They are told that they are the creators of the nuclear shield and saviors of the world. They are told that everyone is an enemy. In this hidden world, a mother risks her life to take us inside Russia's largest nuclear city.

City 40

City 40 (2016)

Andrei Alexandrovich

Fedor Alexandrovich

The Russian Woodpecker is a documentary about Fedor Alexandrovich, a Ukrainian artist who goes from being an idealistic young revolutionary, living in a state that is tilting toward the authoritarian Russia, to a terrified citizen of a country in free fall. The narrative backbone of the story is the legacy of an enormous secret Soviet antenna that stands next to Chernobyl, and which was built at the height of the Cold War to spy on America. Fedors obsession with this object is a reflection of his personal desire to understand the Soviet past and the causes of the Chernobyl disaster. The story begins by unveiling a fascinating technological marvel: the Russian Woodpecker antenna, which was built in the 1970s next to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. The colossal complex utilized state-of-the-art technology and cost nearly $10 billion (twice as much as the nearby Chernobyl plant, the largest nuclear plant in Europe at the time). When the antenna was switched on in 1976, it caused interference around the world with its woodpecker-like tapping. Mystified American officials hypothesized that the Soviets may be trying to control the weather in the United States, or more nefariously, that it was a powerful psychotronic weapon. Through exclusive interviews with the scientists and military men who built and operated the antenna, our film finally provides a definitive answer to the purpose of the antenna: to detect a mass launch of American missiles and the start of nuclear war. The story of this quest to see over the horizon will appeal to anyone with an interest in technology or Cold War history.While conducting his research, Fedor uncovers what he believes to be a vast conspiracy surrounding the antenna and the Chernobyl disaster. He also stumbles upon hints that there are those in Russia who want to rebuild the Soviet Union and he warns about this eventuality long before Russian troops actually invade Ukraine. At the height of the protests in Kiev against its pro-Russian president, Fedor makes a fateful speech about the antenna and his understanding of Russian plans for Ukraine. Because Fedors family was nearly wiped out by the Soviet occupation and he himself was irradiated as a child by Chernobyl (events we hear about during the first portion of our film), the viewer is given a context for understanding the deep historical and psychological undercurrents in the ongoing battle for the future of Ukraine. Ultimately, the stress of his investigation into the antenna, his fears about retaliation for revealing the Chernobyl cover-up, and an impending trip to Moscow to complete the film lead Fedor to a state of paranoid madness. Only days before he must head to Moscow to conduct a final interview for the film, he is visited by an Ukrainian secret service agent and is warned against pursuing any further research. It seems that there are those who dont want the secrets he uncovered about the antenna, about Chernobyl, and about Soviet policy in Ukraine, to be told. With war clouds on the horizon, Fedor chooses the safety of himself and his family over the risks of traveling to Moscow against the warnings of these agents. The idealism with which he began the project, and his commitment to pursue the truth at any cost, is destroyed by dark forces from the past. Like Ukraine itself, his journey is not yet complete.However, when the peaceful protestors and attacked, and his friend and the film's cinematographer are shot by snipers, Fedor returns to the center of the revolution and makes a fateful speech to the assembled crowds in Maidan Square about his theory. He ties the long history of Russia-Ukraine relations, including the Chernobyl catastrophe, to the current violence, and warns against more bloodshed to come. In an epilogue we learn that after 23 years of silence, the mysterious Russian Woodpecker signal has again appeared on wavelengths throughout Europe. This time it is traced to a new radar in the heart of Russia.

The Russian Woodpecker

The Russian Woodpecker (2015)

Bill Clinton

Silvio Berlusconi

Fidel Castro

'The man of Bunga Bunga' used to be an influential entertainment industry's agent, worldwide. His name is Lele Mora. He organized big events and speeches for Gorbachev and Clinton; he met Fidel Castro and Pope Wojtyla. But he also had had problems with justice. Known as Silvio Berlusconi's best friend, he is now accused to have brought escorts (among which Ruby) to the residence of the former Italian Prime Minister for group sex sessions with these girls (Bunga Bunga rite). This documentary tells Lele Mora's life, his relationship with Berlusconi, about Bunga Bunga, and about the Italians' fever for fame in the showbiz. It also shows how in Italy there are still young people who believes in family values. Are we sure they are Italians?—Anonymous

Sexocracy: The man of Bunga Bunga

Sexocracy: The man of Bunga Bunga (2012)

Tom Brokaw

The Dalai Lama

Stephanie Elam

This is the story of a tiny country that made a decision to do something that no other country had ever done -- it decided to abolish its army and declare peace to the world. And this is the story of a young boy who grew up in that country, and how he ended up challenging -- and sometimes even convincing -- the greatest powers in the world to follow Costa Rica's example. "Oscar Arias: Without a Shot Fired" is a Don Quixote-like saga with great historical touchstones -- Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, Cold War politics and Communism, Central American War and Peace. It follows a slight, academic, and most unlikely hero over the course of more than fifty years, as he travels the world in a quest to stop the spread of the weapons of war. In the end, it is a story about the triumph of reason, of the sparrow triumphing over the eagle, and how the impossible dream can sometimes come true.

Oscar Arias: Without a Shot Fired

Oscar Arias: Without a Shot Fired (2017)

Michael J. Fox

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 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.

Red Penguins

Red Penguins (2019)

Hermann Göring

"The Soviet Story" is a unique first time documentary film by director Edvins Snore. The film tells the story of the Soviet regime and how the Soviet Union helped Nazi Germany instigate the Holocaust. The film shows recently uncovered archive documents revealing this. Interviews with former Soviet Military intelligence officials reveal shocking details. "The Soviet Story" was filmed over 2 years in Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Germany, France, UK and Belgium. Material for the documentary was collected by the author, Edvins Snore, for more than 10 years. As a result, "The Soviet Story" presents a truly unique insight into recent Soviet history, told by people, once Soviet citizens, who have first-hand knowledge of it.—Anonymous

The Soviet Story

The Soviet Story (2008)

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