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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)

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  • Artemiy Troitskiy

    Artemiy Troitskiy

    Self - Russian Rock Commentator

  • Leslie Woodhead

    Leslie Woodhead

    Self - Narrator

  • George Martin

    George Martin

    Self

  • Kolya Vasin

    Kolya Vasin

    Self

  • Yury Pelyushonok

    Yury Pelyushonok

    Self

  • Stas Namin

    Stas Namin

    Self

  • Paul McCartney

    Paul McCartney

    Self

  • Boris Grebenshchikov

    Boris Grebenshchikov

    Self

  • Vladimir Pozner

    Vladimir Pozner

    Self

Overview

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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