The Russian Miracle
movie
View on VideBits →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
Lotte Loebinger · Richard Cohn-Vossen · Wolfgang Langhoff · Manfred Krause · Andrew Thorndike · Annelie Thorndike · Wolfgang Heinz · Fred Düren · Horst Drinda · Günther Simon · Klaus Alde · Günter Grabbert · Joachim Hadaschik · Yuriy Yakovlev · Helmut Müller-Lankow