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How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin

The story of the Beatles' effect on the Soviet Union.
Sep 6, 2009 · 1h 0m
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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)

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CAST

Artemiy Troitskiy
Self - Russian Rock Commentator
Leslie Woodhead
Self - Narrator
George Martin
Self
Kolya Vasin
Self
Yury Pelyushonok
Self
Stas Namin
Self
Paul McCartney
Self
Boris Grebenshchikov
Self
Directed by Leslie Woodhead

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Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Blakeway Productions, BBC, Thirteen, ARTE, SWR
Country
US, GB

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