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Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone
DocumentaryWar & Politics
What it felt like to live through the collapse of communism and democracy. A series of films by Adam Curtis.
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What it felt like to live through the collapse of communism and democracy. A series of films by Adam Curtis.
1Part One - 1985 to 198913 Oct 2022 · 60mPerestroika. The dream of saving communism. But no-one believes in anything any longer. The managers loot the system. Soldiers return defeated in the war to liberate Afghanistan.
2Part Two - 1989 to 199113 Oct 2022 · 60mThere are no potatoes in Moscow. Things get worse. Then they get much worse as the rational Communist plan runs out of control everywhere. But McDonald’s opens in Moscow.
3Part Three - 199113 Oct 2022 · 60mThe empire strikes back. Hardliners attempt a coup. Power slips through their shaking hands. Oligarchs publish a manifesto. Money will replace all ideology. Yeltsin seizes power.
4Part Four - 1992 to 199413 Oct 2022 · 60mRussia goes through the mirror into a chaotic dream world where nothing is stable any more. Dream visions of Russia's imperial past start to rise up. People cannot afford food.
5Part Five - 1993 to 199613 Oct 2022 · 60mRussian society implodes. Millions of people fall into the abyss. Many live underground or in forests. The president attacks parliament with tanks saying he is saving democracy.
6Part Six - 1994 to 199813 Oct 2022 · 60mThe group around the president believe a war in Chechnya will save him. Others want the war to restore the glory of the Russian empire. The Oligarchs seize control of practically everything. In the upside down world gangsters become heroes for defending democracy.
7Part Seven - 1995 to 199913 Oct 2022 · 60mSuddenly the western bankers leave. Oligarchs take control and search for a new president to be their puppet. They choose Putin. Russians turn against “the curse of democracy".
Details
- Created by
- Adam Curtis
- First aired
- 13 Oct 2022
- Last aired
- 13 Oct 2022
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- BBC iPlayer
- Episodes
- 7
- Votes
- 19 on TMDB
Cast
Mikhail GorbachevSelf (archive footage)
Boris YeltsinSelf (archive footage)
Vladimir PutinSelf (archive footage)
