Introduction

Documentary that showcases five of Soviet Europe’s most grandiose architectural enterprises.

Outline

Created to embody the ‘collective good’, the buildings, made with courage and a bit of lunacy, were used to remind the people of the power and brighter future that awaited them.

Each building was designed to be either the tallest or the largest, or to have the biggest clock on earth or the most advanced technology of its time. Now that socialism is over, film-makers Missirkov and Bogdanov revisit five of communism’s most splendid palaces to reveal their hidden secrets through the eyes of the people who designed, built and worked in them. Featuring the National Palace of Culture in Sofia, Moscow State University, the Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest, the Palace of Serbia in Belgrade and the Palace of the Republic in Berlin

The Fall of the Berlin Wall

A collection of programmes exploring the Cold War and fall of the Berlin Wall.

• Palace for the People.
• The Secret Life of the Berlin Wall.
• Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise.
• London Calling: Cold War Letters.
• A British Guide to the End of the World.
• Know Your Enemy: The Silent War.
• Britain’s Nuclear Bomb: The Inside Story.
• The Fall of the Berlin Wall with John Simpson.
• Rich Hall’s Red Menace.

Production & Filming Details

• Directors: Boris Missirkov and Georgi Bogdanov.
• Producer: Martichka Bozilova.
• Writers: Boris Missirkov and Georgi Bogdanov.
• Distributor: BBC Four.
• Release Date: 10 November 2019 (UK).
• Running Time: 74 minutes.
• Country: UK.
• Language: English.

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