Disco and Atomic War
2009
1h 18min
A different history of the Cold War: how Estonians under Soviet tyranny began to feel the breeze of freedom when a group of anonymous dreamers successfully used improbable methods to capture the Finnish television signal, a window into Western popular culture, brave but harmless warriors who helped change the fate of an entire nation.
Storyline
A different history of the Cold War: how Estonians under Soviet tyranny began to feel the breeze of freedom when a group of anonymous dreamers successfully used improbable methods to capture the Finnish television signal, a window into Western popular culture, brave but harmless warriors who helped change the fate of an entire nation.
Released
10 April 2009
Runtime
1h 18min
Director
Genre
Status
Released
Language
Estonian
Production
Eetriüksus, Helsinki-filmi
Cast
Kiur Aarma
Narrator (voice)
Jaak Kilmi
Narrator (voice)
Alo Kõrve
Narrator (voice)
Jaan Tootsen
Narrator (voice)
Liina Vahtrik
Narrator (voice)
Eduard Toman
Narrator (voice)
Gerda Viira
Urve
Oskar Vuks
Jaak
Toomas Pool
Toomas
Jaan-Joosep Puusaag
Joosep
Einar Kotka
Young Nikolai
Aleksandr Aug
Joosep's Father
Birgit Veemaa
Joosep's Mother
Esko Salminen
Self - Historian
Sakari Kiuru
Self - Finnish TV Former Head
Arvo Sildnik
Self - TV Engineer
Edward Lucas
Self - Writer
Hagi Shein
Self - Sociologist
Georgi G. Potchepstov
Self - Media Researcher
Voldemar Lindström
Self - Soviet Estonian TV Program Director
Nikolai Haug
Self - Inventor
Åke Blomqvist
Self (archive footage)
Ami Aspelund
Self (archive footage)
David Hasselhoff
Self (archive footage)
Karl Vaino
Self (archive footage)
Leonid Brezhnev
Self (archive footage)
Mikhail Gorbachev
Self (archive footage)
Panda Nikander
Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage)
Teija Sopanen
Self (archive footage)
Urho Kekkonen
Self (archive footage)
Väinö Purje
Self (archive footage)
Yuri Andropov
Self (archive footage)
Greta Garbo
Ninotchka (archive footage)
Melvyn Douglas
Count Leon d'Algout (archive footage)
Sylvia Kristel
Emmanuelle (archive footage)
Lieko Zachovalová
Self (voice) (archive footage)
Aivar Võimre
Self (archive footage)
Mauno Koivisto
Self (uncredited)
Arnold Rüütel
Self (uncredited)
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