The Last Days of the USSR
Les Derniers Jours de l'URSS
Release: 2011-12-12
·Runtime: 52m
·★ 8.0
Documentary
History
TV Movie
From 1989 to 1991 a string of unpredictable events happened that brought to light the rivalry between two men: Gorbachev, hindered by the economic results of his perestroika, and Yeltsin, embodying the hopes of the Russian people. Illustrated with interviews of top protagonists such as Mikhail Gobachev himself, the documentary recounts the critical last two years of the former USSR.
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
Roche Productions
France Télévisions
Planète+
LCP - Assemblée nationale
Cast
Valentin Pavlov
as Self
Gennady Burbulis
as Self
Oleg Baklanov
as Self
Lech Wałęsa
as Self
Stephen F. Cohen
as Self
Roland Dumas
as Self
Anatoly Chernyaev
as Self
Ivan Silayev
as Self
Philippe Faure
as Self (voice)
Algirdas Brazauskas
as Self
Alexander Yakovlev
as Self
Noam Chomsky
as Self
Grigoriy Yavlinskiy
as Self
Mikhail Gorbachev
as Self
Kazimira Prunskienė
as Self
Vyacheslav Generalov
as Self
Andrei Gratchev
as Self
Eduard Shevardnadze
as Self