Red Files
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Lary Lewman
Joe Adamov
Ralph Boston
Lona Cohen
Alexander Feklisov
Konstantin Feoktistov
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Documentary that examines the Soviet view of recent history through interviews with key Soviet participants, archival film and declassified dossiers. Part 1 examines the secrets of the KGB and the spies who worked for it. Part 2 examines the Soviet sports program set up by Stalin to demonstrate communist superiority. This part focuses on Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, Olga Korbut, Larisa Latynina and Anatoly Firsov. Part 3 presents the story of the mastermind responsible for the Soviet space program: Sergei Pavlovich Korelev. Finally, Part 4 examines the propaganda war that ensued between the United States and the USSR in the years following World War II.