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Release Date:
September 6, 2009
Original Title:
How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin
Alternate Titles:
Les Beatles à l'assaut du Kremlin
När Beatles väckte den ryska björnen
Wie die Beatles den Kreml stürmten
Genres:
Documentary | History | Music
Production Companies:
ARTE
BBC
Blakeway Productions
SWR
Thirteen
Production Countries:
United Kingdom
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 60
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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Camera Operator:
Roger Chapman
Co-Producer:
Reggie Nadelson
Director:
Leslie Woodhead
Editor:
Rob Moore
Executive Producer:
Fiona Stourton
Nick Fraser
Producer:
Leslie Woodhead
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