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The Helsinki Effect

The Helsinki Effect
★ 7.6/10•2025•1h 28m•6•Documentary•History

The meaningless conference that changed everything...

The Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) was the starting point for the slow but sure collapse of communist authoritarian rule in Eastern Europe. The Helsinki Effect offers new perspectives on the events of the Cold War. The film tells the story of the CSCE process, which had a major impact on the end of the Cold War, and sheds light on secret top-level discussions behind closed doors, through voice simulations using artificial intelligence.

Arthur Franck · Director

Arthur Franck · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 28m
LanguageFI
Release DateFeb 21, 2025

Actors

Arthur Franck

Narrator (voice)

Urho Kekkonen

Urho Kekkonen

Self (archive footage)

Leonid Brezhnev

Leonid Brezhnev

Self (archive footage)

Gerald Ford

Gerald Ford

Self (archive footage)

Henry Kissinger

Henry Kissinger

Self (archival footage)

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