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From Russia with Rock (1988)

From Russia with Rock (1988)

Music Documentary
Release Date: 1988, September 9
Directors: Marjaana Mykkänen
Countries: Finland
Production: Villealfa Filmproductions, YLE, YLE, Gosteleradio USSR, Gosteleradio USSR
Cast: Artemiy Troitskiy, Garik Sukachyov, Billy Bragg, Igor Zhuravlev, Alexei Rakhov, Bernie Shaw, Boris Grebenshchikov, Nikolay Gusev, Aleksandr Sklyar, Zhanna Aguzarova, Valeriy Lysenko, Pavel Verenchikov

Overview:

A Finnish documentary about the feelings of a rock generation in the Soviet Union during Gorbachev's regime: the film follows underground bands' rise to publicity, the country's first "official" rock festival called the Moscow Rock Panorama-87 and the rocket-like ascent of Uralian Nautilus Pompilius into the starry sky of Soviet rock. Also appearing: "Аквариум", "Авиа", "Телевизор", "Браво", "Ва Банкъ", "Бригада С", "Новая Коллекция", "Мистер Твистер", "Круиз", "Нюанс", "Альянс", Uriah Heep.