Red Files


60m 1999

Brief 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 comm

Film Details

Genre
Documentary
Historical
Release Date
1999
Production Company
Pbs

Technical Specs

Duration
60m

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.

Crew

Greg Barker

Segment Producer/ Director/ Writer ("Soviet Sports Wars") ("Secret Soviet Moon Mission")

Susan Bell

Production Associate (Abamedia)

Ray Brislin

Photography

Stuart Bruce

Sound Recordist

Ciara Byrne

Production Manager (Devillier Donegan Enterprises)

Rai Carrillo

Sound Recordist

Peter Cavanagh

Sound Recordist

Colin Clarke

Photography

William Cran

Segment Senior Producer/ Writer ("Soviet Propaganda Machine")

William Cran

Segment Producer/ Director/ Writer ("Secret Victories Of The Kgb")

William Cran

Series Producer (Invision)

Ron Devillier

Executive Producer

Greg Diefenbach

Supervising Producer

Elizabeth Dobson

Segment Producer/ Director ("Soviet Propaganda Machine")

Brian Donegan

Executive Producer

Robert Edelman

Consultant ("Soviet Sports Wars")

Harry Forbes

Publicist (Pbs/New York)

Paul Foss

Music

Denise Glennon

Production Manager (Devillier Donegan Enterprises)

Ronit Greenstein

Publicist (Devillier Donegan Enterprises)

James Harford

Consultant ("Secret Soviet Moon Mission")

J Mitchell Johnson

Series Producer (Abamedia)

Sandra Khadhouri

Segment Associate Producer ("Soviet Sports War") ("Secret Soviet Moon Mission")

Phillip Knightley

Consultant ("Secret Victories Of The Kgb")

Paul Lang

Photography

Cathy Lehrfeld

Publicist (Pbs/New York)

Steven Leibman

Series Development

Steven Leibman

Story Editor

Kate Leonard-morgan

Series Producer (Invision)

Chris Lysaght

Film Editor ("Secret Victories Of The Kgb") ("Soviet Propaganda Machine")

Misha Manson-smith

Film Editor ("Soviet Sports Wars") ("Secret Soviet Moon Mission")

Nancy Marchant

Production Associate (Abamedia)

Bernadette Mcdaid

Segment Associate Producer ("Secret Victories Of The Kgb")

Bernadette Mcdaid

Segment Co-Producer ("Soviet Propaganda Machine")

Andy Muggleton

Photography

Brian O'carroll

Photography

John Parry

Sound Recordist

Rick Prelinger

Consultant ("Soviet Propaganda Machine")

Richard Ranken

Photography

James Riordan

Consultant ("Soviet Sports Wars")

Paul Rusnak

Sound Recordist

Nicola Schleifer

Segment Associate Producer ("Soviet Propaganda Machine")

Bob Silverthorne

Sound Recordist

David South

Photography

Bill Turnley

Photography

Tim White

Sound Recordist

Lena Yakovleva

Segment Associate Producer ("Soviet Propaganda Machine")

Sally Yeadon

Film Editor ("Soviet Propaganda Machine")

Film Details

Genre
Documentary
Historical
Release Date
1999
Production Company
Pbs

Technical Specs

Duration
60m

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Trivia