Leonid Brezhnev

Leonid Brezhnev

Nacimiento : 1906-12-19, Kamianske, Ukraine

Muerte : 1982-11-10

Historia

Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (19 December 1906 – 10 November 1982) was a Soviet politician who led the Soviet Union as General Secretary of the governing Communist Party (1964–1982) and as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1960–1964, 1977–1982). His 18-year term as general secretary was second only to Joseph Stalin's in duration. While Brezhnev's rule was characterised by political stability and significant foreign policy successes, it was also marked by corruption, inefficiency, economic stagnation, and rapidly growing technological gaps with the West. Description above from the Wikipedia article Leonid Brezhnev, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Perfil

Leonid Brezhnev

Películas

The Cars We Drove into Capitalism
The Cars We Drove into Capitalism
Self (archive footage)
A cinematic, character-driven insight to what it meant to produce and to own a car in communist times: the Socialist propaganda dreams and the hard reality of living that dream. The freedom that these slow and clumsy vehicles were giving to their owners; the cars as an instrument in the Cold War battle; legends and homemade tune-ups as an attempt to stand at least a little bit off the crowd.
1979: Big Bang of the Present
1979: Big Bang of the Present
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Deng Xiaoping's economic and political opening in China. Margaret Thatcher's extreme economic measures in the United Kingdom. Ayatollah Khomeini's Islamic Revolution in Iran. Pope John Paul II's visit to Poland. Saddam Hussein's rise to power in Iraq. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The nuclear accident at the Harrisburg power plant and the birth of ecological activism. The year 1979, the beginning of the future.
The Spy Who Fell to Earth
The Spy Who Fell to Earth
Himself (archive footage)
Based on Dr. Ahron Bregman's book, this documentary examines the life and mysterious death of Ashraf Marwan, an Egyptian billionaire and double agent.
Agnelli
Agnelli
Self (archive footage)
Documentary about the life of Giovanni "Gianni" Agnelli, an influential Italian industrialist and principal shareholder of Fiat.
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu
Himself (archive footage)
The three-hour-long documentary covers 25 years in the life of Nicolae Ceaușescu and was made using 1,000 hours of original footage from the National Archives of Romania.
Space Sailors
Space Sailors
Self (archive footage)
They were heroes of a special kind. They came from the steppes, the sons of farmers, of factory floor women. Salt-of-the-earth, strapping young men, model husbands, who believed in communism with all their hearts. Bright futures lay ahead of them. In the name of the Inter-cosmos Program they were about to conquer space. The second they touched down, they were treated like pop stars and worshiped as heroes. And today? What do the heroes of socialism do without socialism?
Disco and Atomic War
Disco and Atomic War
Self (archive footage)
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.
:03 from Gold
:03 from Gold
Self (archive footage)
The 1972 Olympic men's basketball final, in which Team USA was accorded their first ever loss since the sport was adopted in competition, was one of the most controversial events in history the history of the Games.
Do You Believe in Miracles? The Story of the 1980 U.S. Hockey Team
Do You Believe in Miracles? The Story of the 1980 U.S. Hockey Team
Self (archive footage)
At the Winter Olympics of 1980, after two tense weeks amidst growing Cold War fears, the U.S. Olympic hockey team found themselves playing improbably against the legendary unbeatable Soviet Army hockey team for Olympic Gold. From the live footage taken at Lake Placid, NY, and through interviews beginning with the team's assembly through the experience of winning the gold medal.
The Society of the Spectacle
The Society of the Spectacle
Self (archive footage)
Guy Debord's analysis of a consumer society.
Czechoslovakia 1968
Czechoslovakia 1968
Self (archive footage)
Short documentary about 50 years of history of Czechoslovakia, with archive images.