Meeting Gorbachev

Greek Premiere

The life of Mikhail Gorbachev, the eighth and last President of the Soviet Union, as seen through the eyes of the brilliant and eccentric director Werner Herzog. Gorbachev, the architect of Perestroika and Glasnost, now 87, maintains his wit, reminding the man he used to be back when the planet was amidst the two superpowers. A documentary that plays out like a chess game between two experienced players, focusing on the painful past.

Screening Schedule

No scheduled screenings.

Direction: Werner Herzog & André Singer

Script: Werner Herzog

Cinematography: Yuri Burak, Richard Blanshard

Editing: Michael Ellis

Sound: Vasily Amochkin, Simon Bishop, Alexander Kuckuck, Vladimir Rizun

Music: Nicholas Singer

Actors: Mikhail Gorbachev, Miklós Németh

Production: Spring Films, Werner Herzog Film

Producers: Lucki Stipetic, Svetlana Palmer

Co-producers: Lynette Singer

Executive producer: Richard Melman, Molly Thompson, Eli Lehrer, Ulrich Brochhagen

Camera: Rob Anderson, Alexander Cherviakov, Nikita Kalachev, Emmanuel Suys, Pawel Tejchman

Narration: Werner Herzog

Format: DCP

Color: Color/B&W

Production Country: USA, United Kingdom, Austria

Production Year: 2018

Duration: 92΄

Contact: Werner Herzog, office@wernerherzog.com

Werner Herzog

Filmography

1971 Fata Morgana
1972 Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes | Aguirre, the Wrath of God (fiction)
1974 Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle | The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (fiction)
1982 Fitzcarraldo (fiction)
2005 Grizzly Man
2010 Cave of Forgotten Dreams
2016 Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World
2018 Meeting Gorbachev
2019 Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin