Meeting Gorbachev (2018)

Directed by

André Singer, Werner Herzog

Genre

documentary film

Country

Germany, United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

12

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 69 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Director Werner Herzog conducts a series of interviews with Mikhail Gorbachev. They discuss Gorbachev's life, his time as leader of the Soviet Union, and his views on major historical events.

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What happens

Meeting Gorbachev is a 2018 biographical documentary film directed by Werner Herzog and André Singer about the life of Mikhail Gorbachev, the eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union. The film features three interviews between Herzog and Gorbachev, conducted over the span of six months, and had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival on September 1, 2018. The film ends with Gorbachev reciting the poem "I Go Out On The Road Alone" by Mikhail Lermontov. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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