Disco and Atomic War

Jaak Kilmi

2009•78 min.•

EstoniaFinland

★5.6(14)

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.

Documentary

Cast

Kiur Aarma
Narrator (voice)
Jaak Kilmi
Narrator (voice)
Alo Kõrve
Narrator (voice)
Jaan Tootsen
Narrator (voice)
Liina Vahtrik
Narrator (voice)
Eduard Toman
Narrator (voice)
GV
Gerda Viira
Urve
OV
Oskar Vuks
Jaak
TP
Toomas Pool
Toomas
JP
Jaan-Joosep Puusaag
Joosep
EK
Einar Kotka
Young Nikolai
AA
Aleksandr Aug
Joosep's Father
BV
Birgit Veemaa
Joosep's Mother
ES
Esko Salminen
Self - Historian
SK
Sakari Kiuru
Self - Finnish TV Former Head
AS
Arvo Sildnik
Self - TV Engineer
EL
Edward Lucas
Self - Writer
HS
Hagi Shein
Self - Sociologist
GGP
Georgi G. Potchepstov
Self - Media Researcher
VL
Voldemar Lindström
Self - Soviet Estonian TV Program Director
NH
Nikolai Haug
Self - Inventor
ÅB
Åke Blomqvist
Self (archive footage)
AA
Ami Aspelund
Self (archive footage)
David Hasselhoff
Self (archive footage)
KV
Karl Vaino
Self (archive footage)
Leonid Brezhnev
Self (archive footage)
Mikhail Gorbachev
Self (archive footage)
PN
Panda Nikander
Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage)
Teija Sopanen
Self (archive footage)
Urho Kekkonen
Self (archive footage)
VP
Väinö Purje
Self (archive footage)
Yuri Andropov
Self (archive footage)
LZ
Lieko Zachovalová
Self (voice) (archive footage)
AV
Aivar Võimre
Self (archive footage)
MK
Mauno Koivisto
Self (uncredited)
Arnold Rüütel
Self (uncredited)

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