How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin

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How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin (2009)

Directed by Leslie Woodhead

“The story of the Beatles' effect on the Soviet Union.”

History, Documentary, Music · 1h 00m

In August 1962, director Leslie Woodhead made a two-minute film in Liverpool's Cavern Club with a raw and unrecorded group of rockers called the Beatles. He arranged their first live TV appearances on a local show in Manchester and watched as the Fab Four phenomenon swept the world. Twenty-five years later while making films in Russia, Woodhead became aware of how, even though they were never able to play in the Soviet Union, the Beatles' legend had soaked into the lives of a generation of kids. This film meets the Soviet Beatles generation and hears their stories about how the Fab Four changed their lives, including Putin's deputy premier Sergei Ivanov, who explains how the Beatles helped him learn English and showed him another life. (Storyville)

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Cast

Artemiy Troitskiy Self - Russian Rock Commentator Leslie Woodhead Self - Narrator George Martin Self Kolya Vasin Self
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Yury Pelyushonok Self Stas Namin Self Paul McCartney Self Boris Grebenshchikov Self Vladimir Pozner Self

Crew

Director
Leslie Woodhead
Editor
Rob Moore
Producer
Leslie Woodhead

Details

Release date
2009-09-06
Runtime
1h 00m
Genres
History, Documentary, Music
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English, Russian
Countries
United Kingdom
Production
Blakeway Productions, BBC, THIRTEEN, ARTE, SWR