28 Oct 2009
This Is It
A compilation of interviews, rehearsals and backstage footage of Michael Jackson as he prepared for his series of sold-out shows in London.
Disco and Atomic War
Cold War. Hot desires.
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.
Top Billed Cast
Alo Kõrve 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)
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