cold war,pop culture,soviet union,anti-communism,docudrama,finland,perestroika,estonia,cold war propaganda,glasnost,television signal

Disco and Atomic War (2009)

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Cold War. Hot desires.

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Jaak Kilmi
  • Profile picture of Kiur Aarma
    Narrator (voice) Kiur Aarma
  • Profile picture of Jaak Kilmi
    Narrator (voice) Jaak Kilmi
  • Profile picture of Alo Kõrve
    Narrator (voice) Alo Kõrve
  • Profile picture of Jaan Tootsen
    Narrator (voice) Jaan Tootsen
  • Profile picture of Liina Vahtrik
    Narrator (voice) Liina Vahtrik
  • Profile picture of Eduard Toman
    Narrator (voice) Eduard Toman
  • Profile picture of David Hasselhoff
    Self (archive footage) David Hasselhoff
  • Profile picture of Leonid Brezhnev
    Self (archive footage) Leonid Brezhnev

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Keywords

  • cold war
  • pop culture
  • soviet union
  • anti-communism
  • docudrama
  • finland
  • perestroika
  • estonia
  • cold war propaganda
  • glasnost
  • television signal