How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin

How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin

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2009-09-06

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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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)

Released

2009-09-06

Runtime

60

Director

Leslie Woodhead

Budget

$0

Revenue

$0

Genres

History

Documentary

Music

Language

English

Production

Blakeway Productions

BBC

Thirteen

ARTE

SWR

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    Artemiy Troitskiy

    Артемий Троицкий
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    Leslie Woodhead

    Leslie Woodhead
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    George Martin

    George Martin
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    Kolya Vasin

    Kolya Vasin
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    Yury Pelyushonok

    Yury Pelyushonok
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    Stas Namin

    Стас Намин
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    Paul McCartney

    Paul McCartney
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    Boris Grebenshchikov

    Boris Grebenshchikov
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    Vladimir Pozner jr.

    Владимир Познер