The Helsinki Effect

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The Helsinki Effect (2025)

Directed by Arthur Franck

“The meaningless conference that changed everything...”

Documentary, History · 1h 28m

The Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) was the starting point for the slow but sure collapse of communist authoritarian rule in Eastern Europe. The Helsinki Effect offers new perspectives on the events of the Cold War. The film tells the story of the CSCE process, which had a major impact on the end of the Cold War, and sheds light on secret top-level discussions behind closed doors, through voice simulations using artificial intelligence.

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Cast

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Arthur Franck Narrator (voice) Urho Kekkonen Self (archive footage) Leonid Brezhnev Self (archive footage) Gerald Ford Self (archive footage) Henry Kissinger Self (archival footage)

Crew

Director
Arthur Franck
Screenplay
Arthur Franck
Editor
Markus Leppälä, Arthur Franck
Producer
Oskar Forstén, Sandra Enkvist, Arthur Franck

Details

Release date
2025-02-21
Runtime
1h 28m
Genres
Documentary, History
Original language
FI
Spoken languages
Finnish, French, English, Russian
Countries
Finland, Germany, Norway
Production
Polygraf, Kloos & Co., Indie Film AS