From Russia with Rock

From Russia with Rock

108 mins | Documentary, Music | Sept. 9, 1988

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.

From Russia with Rock

108 mins | Documentary, Music | Sept. 9, 1988

From Russia with Rock
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.
Producers Villealfa Filmproductions, Yle, Gosteleradio USSR
Original title Sirppi ja kitara
Directors Marjaana Mykkänen
Writers

Cast

Vyacheslav Butusov

as himself

Garik Sukachyov

as himself

Artemiy Troitskiy

as himself

Billy Bragg

as himself

Valeriy Lysenko

as himself

Pavel Verenchikov

as himself

Vadim Dorokhov

as himself

Oleg Usmanov

as himself

Zhanna Aguzarova

as herself

Ilya Kormiltsev

as himself

Grigoriy Bezuglyy

as himself

Bernie Shaw

as himself

Mikhail Borzykin

as himself

Igor Zhuravlev

as himself

Nikolay Gusev

as himself

Alexei Rakhov

as himself

Aleksandr Sklyar

as himself