No community ratings yet on FilmStash · 0 membersOne score per member · Verified member ratings
A two-part East German documentary tracing Russia’s transformation from the Tsarist Empire to the Soviet Union, from the 1917 October Revolution to the achievements of the space program. Directed by Andrew Thorndike and Annelie Thorndike, the film assembles extensive archival footage to chart political upheaval, ideological consolidation, and technological ambition in twentieth-century Russia. Produced by DEFA and first broadcast on East German television in 1963.Read moreLess
A two-part East German documentary tracing Russia’s transformation from the Tsarist Empire to the Soviet Union, from the 1917 October Revolution to the achievements of the space program. Directed by Andrew Thorndike and Annelie Thorndike, the film assembles extensive archival footage to chart political upheaval, ideological consolidation, and technological ambition in twentieth-century Russia. Produced by DEFA and first broadcast on East German television in 1963.
The story
A two-part East German documentary tracing Russia’s transformation from the Tsarist Empire to the Soviet Union, from the 1917 October Revolution to the achievements of the space program. Directed by Andrew Thorndike and Annelie Thorndike, the film assembles extensive archival footage to chart political upheaval, ideological consolidation, and technological ambition in twentieth-century Russia. Produced by DEFA and first broadcast on East German television in 1963.
Cast & crew
Wolfgang Heinz(narrator)
Günter Grabbert(narrator)
Fred Düren(narrator)
Günther Simon(narrator)
Horst Drinda(narrator)
Lotte Loebinger(narrator)
Wolfgang Langhoff(narrator)
Yuriy Yakovlev(Russian version narrator)
George Coulouris(English version narrator)
Mark Dignam(English version narrator)Explore the crew
- Director
- Andrew Thorndike
- Director
- Annelie Thorndike
- Writer
- Joachim Hadaschik
- Writer
- Richard Cohn-Vossen
- Writer
- Klaus Alde
- Writer
- Manfred Krause
- Writer
- Andrew Thorndike
- Writer
- Annelie Thorndike
- Editor
- Christa Bramann
- Editor
- Renate Cohn-Vossen