MEETING GORBACHEV (PG)

WHO’S IN IT?

(as themselves) Mikhail Gorbachev, Werner Herzog, Yuri Andropov, James Baker, Leonid Brezhnev, Konstantin Chernenko, Raisa Maximovna Gorbacheva, Miklos Nemeth, Vladimir Putin, Ronald Reagan, George Shultz, André Singer, Horst Teltschik, Margaret Thatcher, Lech Walesa, Boris Yeltsin

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man), director, writer; André Singer (Night Will Fall), director; Svetlana Palmer (film debut), producer; Nicholas Singer (Burlesque Fairytales), composer; Yuri Burak (Retracing Russia), cinematographer; Michael Ellis (The Boy in the Striped Pajamas), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Filmmaker Werner Herzog is granted unlimited access to Mikhail Gorbachev, the eighth and final President of the Soviet Union…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The newest documentary from the legendary Werner Herzog tells the story of one of the most significant politicians of the 20th century, taken from hours’ worth of interviews and archive footage.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 8TH NOVEMBER 2019

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