Meeting Gorbachev
Werner Herzog, André Singer / United Kingdom, United States, Germany / 2018 / East European Premiere / 90 min.
synopsis
A confrontational dialogue between Werner Herzog and the last Soviet president is the core of a portrait made up primarily of archival and illustrative footage against the background of which Herzog’s hypnotic voice reflects on Gorbachev’s political career, including the eras of perestroika and glasnost, through his tragic end.
biography
Werner Herzog (1942) has been making films since the late 1960s. His oeuvre comprises over 40 documentaries and over 20 feature films. André Singer (1945) works primarily as a film producer.
more about film
| director: | Werner Herzog, André Singer |
| cast: | Mikhail Gorbachev, Miklós Németh, George P. Shultz, James A. Baker III, Lech Walesa, Horst Teltschik |
| producer: | Lucki Stipetic, Svetlana Palmer, Spring Films |
| script: | Werner Herzog, André Singer |
| photography: | Richard Blanshard, Yuri Barak |
| editing: | Michael Ellis |
| music: | Nicholas Singer |
| sound: | Vladimir Rizun, Vasily Amochkin, Simon Bishop, Alexander Kuckuck |
contact
WERNER HERZOG FILM / Lucki Stipetic / Spiegelgasse 9 / 1010 / Vienna / Austria / +43 1 512 9444 / office@wernerherzog.com / www.wernerherzog.com
Film at festival
| premiere type: | East European Premiere |
| festival edition: | 2018 |
| section: | Special Event |
| format: | DCP |
| language: | Russian, Polish, German, English |
| subtitles: | English |
| colour: | Colour and B&W |
| simultaneous interpreting: | CZ |
Info
| director: | Werner Herzog, André Singer |
| original title: | Meeting Gorbachev |
| country: | United Kingdom, United States, Germany |
| year: | 2018 |
| running time: | 90 min. |
