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Werner Herzog and André Singer’s riveting documentary, filled with unforgettable archive materials and based on three long interviews, provides incredible access to, arguably, the world’s greatest living politician.
Now 87 and battling illness, the visionary Mikhail Gorbachev, the former General Secretary of the U.S.S.R, has mellowed and slowed down. Still, gently but resolutely, he is pushing towards his goals. Herzog, as on-screen interviewer, does not disguise his affection, celebrating Gorbachev’s three remarkable accomplishments: negotiations with the U.S. to reduce nuclear weapons; cessation of Soviet control of Eastern Europe and the reunification of Germany; and the dissolution of the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc. All of this in six years! One German diplomat sums up Gorbachev’s approach: “The process went so quickly that … opponents were overcome by the reality of the situation.” Herzog and Singer remind us of the drastic and unforeseeable way the world changes.
Original Release
02/02/2019
US Release
05/03/2019
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Mikhail Gorbachev | Himself / Self |
| Andre Singer | Self |
| Leonid Brezhnev | Self |
| Miklos Nemeth | Himself / Self |
| Raisa Gorbacheva | Self |
| Yuri Andropov | Self |
| Konstantin Chernenko | Self |
| Andrei Gromyko | Self |
| George Bush | Self |
| Margaret Thatcher | Self |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Mikhail Gorbachev | Himself / Self |
| Andre Singer | Self |
| Leonid Brezhnev | Self |
| Miklos Nemeth | Himself / Self |
| Raisa Gorbacheva | Self |
| Yuri Andropov | Self |
| Konstantin Chernenko | Self |
| Andrei Gromyko | Self |
| George Bush | Self |
| Margaret Thatcher | Self |
| Helmut Kohl | Self |
| George Shultz | Himself / Self |
| Ronald Reagan | Self |
| Lech Walesa | Himself / Self |
| James Baker III | Himself / Self |
| Horst Teltschik | Himself / Self |
| Boris Yeltsin | Self |
| Yasser Arafat | Self |
| Gennadiy Burbulis | Self - 1st Deputy PM of RSFSR / Russia |
| Fidel Castro | Self |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Richard Melman | Executive Producer |
| Vasil Dimitrov | Executive Producer |
| Rhodri Lowis | Producer |
| Svetlana Palmer | Producer |
| Vasil Dimitrov | Producer |
Editors
Trailers
Meeting Gorbachev
