Farewell Comrades!
Filmed in 12 European countries, combining personal accounts and archive footage, this series offers a unique perspective on one of the key events of the 20th century: the rise and fall of the Soviet Empire.
Type (Documentaire / Documentaire fiction / Série documentaire)DocumentaryGenre en anglaisHistoryWritten byAndrei Nekrasov, György Dalos, Jean-François ColosimoDirected by Andrei NekrasovIn coproduction with Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion, HI Film Productions, Hypermarket Film, Trigon FilmSupported by CNC, Norwegian Film Institute, Procirep Broadcasted by ARTE France DistributionARTE France Distribution Year2011Duration6x52min
On 28 November 1989, in Prague, a banner was hung from the building of the former state television: “10 years in Poland, 10 months in Hungary, 10 weeks in East Germany, 10 days in Czechoslovakia, 10 hours in Romania”.
This is the timing of the fall of the Iron Curtain. It is the timing of the end of communism. It is the timing of the most tremendous acceleration ever to have happened in history. The Soviet Empire was not conquered by arms but imploded though the will and conviction of those who experienced it from the inside.
Press coverage
Through the dialogue between a father and his daughter, the documentary series Farewell Comerades! revisits a historical upheaval that reshaped Europe.
La Croix
Farewell Comrades! is a fascinating documentary.
Direct Matin
An astonishing work that allows us to understand the incredible acceleration of history, where the aim was to give 'a voice to the people.
L'Humanité
The end of the bright future. A documentary series that provides a lively and well-documented overview of the end of communism from 1975 to 1991. A polyphonic narrative of a turning point in history.
Les Inrockuptibles
Conjuring ideological clichés and rejecting the often simplistic representation of the world found in history books—this is indeed the great merit of Farewell Comerades!
Télérama
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