How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin

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How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin

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

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)

Release Date

2009-09-06

Year

2009

Duration

1h 0m

Status

Released

Score

6.50

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Cast

Artemiy Troitskiy

Artemiy Troitskiy

Self - Russian Rock Commentator

Leslie Woodhead

Leslie Woodhead

Self - Narrator

George Martin

George Martin

Kolya Vasin

Kolya Vasin

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Yury Pelyushonok

Stas Namin

Stas Namin

Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney

Boris Grebenshchikov

Boris Grebenshchikov

Vladimir Pozner

Vladimir Pozner