Gorbachev. Heaven

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Director:Vitalij Manskij
Premiere:4. November 2021
Length:100 minutes
Genre:Document

Gorbachev. Heaven

Gorbachev. Heaven; Vitalij Manskij, 2020, versions: OR,CS, languages: rus

Director: Vitalij Manskij

GORBACHEV. HEAVEN is a documentary film about 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.

He tore down the Berlin Wall. But at the same time, under his rule, the Chernobyl nuclear facility exploded and its destruction was concealed. Citizens demanding independence in the Baltic states died. Soldiers wielding shovels brutally suppressed protesters in Tbilisi. And Soviet tanks menaced, and killed, peaceful demonstrators in Baku. The Soviet empire collapsed under him – and he is condemned by his own people.

Length: 100 min

Year: 2020
Local premiere date: 4. November 2021

Country of origin:

  • Czech Republic
  • Latvia

Language version:

OR - Original version (russian)
CS - Czech subtitles

Director: Vitalij Manskij

GORBACHEV. HEAVEN is a documentary film about 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.

He tore down the Berlin Wall. But at the same time, under his rule, the Chernobyl nuclear facility exploded and its destruction was concealed. Citizens demanding independence in the Baltic states died. Soldiers wielding shovels brutally suppressed protesters in Tbilisi. And Soviet tanks menaced, and killed, peaceful demonstrators in Baku. The Soviet empire collapsed under him – and he is condemned by his own people.

Year: 2020
Local premiere date: 4. November 2021

Country of origin:

  • Czech Republic
  • Latvia

Language version:

OR - Original version (russian)
CS - Czech subtitles