From Russia with Rock

(1988)

★ 8 IMDb · 2 votes

Genres: Documentary, Music

Year: 1988

Runtime: 108 мин

Country: Finland

Director: Marjaana Mykkänen

Cast: Вячеслав Бутусов, Борис Гребенщиков, Гарик Сукачев, Артемий Троицкий, Billy Bragg, Valeriy Lysenko, Pavel Verenchikov, Vadim Dorokhov, Oleg Usmanov, Жанна Агузарова

Plot

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.