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Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone

Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone
★ 8.6/10•2022•1h 0m•Documentary•War & Politics
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What it felt like to live through the collapse of communism and democracy. A series of films by Adam Curtis.

Adam Curtis · Writer

Adam Curtis · Director

StatusEnded
Runtime1h 0m
LanguageEN
First Air DateOct 13, 2022

Episodes

Episode 1 - Part One - 1985 to 1989E160m

Part One - 1985 to 1989

Perestroika. The dream of saving communism. But no-one believes in anything any longer. The managers loot the system. Soldiers return defeated in the war to liberate Afghanistan.

Oct 13, 2022

Episode 2 - Part Two - 1989 to 1991E260m

Part Two - 1989 to 1991

There are no potatoes in Moscow. Things get worse. Then they get much worse as the rational Communist plan runs out of control everywhere. But McDonald’s opens in Moscow.

Oct 13, 2022

Episode 3 - Part Three - 1991E360m

Part Three - 1991

The empire strikes back. Hardliners attempt a coup. Power slips through their shaking hands. Oligarchs publish a manifesto. Money will replace all ideology. Yeltsin seizes power.

Oct 13, 2022

Episode 4 - Part Four - 1992 to 1994E460m

Part Four - 1992 to 1994

Russia goes through the mirror into a chaotic dream world where nothing is stable any more. Dream visions of Russia's imperial past start to rise up. People cannot afford food.

Oct 13, 2022

Episode 5 - Part Five - 1993 to 1996E560m

Part Five - 1993 to 1996

Russian society implodes. Millions of people fall into the abyss. Many live underground or in forests. The president attacks parliament with tanks saying he is saving democracy.

Oct 13, 2022

Episode 6 - Part Six - 1994 to 1998E660m

Part Six - 1994 to 1998

The group around the president believe a war in Chechnya will save him. Others want the war to restore the glory of the Russian empire. The Oligarchs seize control of practically everything. In the upside down world gangsters become heroes for defending democracy.

Oct 13, 2022

Episode 7 - Part Seven - 1995 to 1999E760m

Part Seven - 1995 to 1999

Suddenly the western bankers leave. Oligarchs take control and search for a new president to be their puppet. They choose Putin. Russians turn against “the curse of democracy".

Oct 13, 2022

Actors

Mikhail Gorbachev

Mikhail Gorbachev

Self (archive footage)

Boris Yeltsin

Boris Yeltsin

Self (archive footage)

Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin

Self (archive footage)

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