Sakharov
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Jack Gold
Jason Robards Jr.
Glenda Jackson
Nicol Williamson
Frank Finlay
Michael Bryant
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Russian nuclear physicist turned political dissident Andrei Sakharov, whose outspoken views on human rights oppression in his homeland brought him not only the Nobel Peace Prize, but also internal exile in the closed-to-foreigners city of Gorky, was the timely subject of this made-for-cable film. It was so timely that its premiere date was moved forward by three months because of Sakharov's widely publicized hunger strike aimed at forcing the authorities to allow his activist wife, Dr. Elena Bonner, to go abroad (for a second time) for a needed operation. A voice-over epilogue brought the film, made in late 1983 in Austria and England, up to date as of its premiere.
Director
Jack Gold
Cast
Jason Robards Jr.
Glenda Jackson
Nicol Williamson
Frank Finlay
Michael Bryant
Paul Freeman
Anna Massey
Joe Melia
Lee Montague
Jim Norton
Valentine Pelka
Catherine Hall
John Mcandrew
Debbie Farrington
David Midwinter
Craig Dickerson
Toni Warwick
Eileen Way
Denise Alexander
Marion Bailey
Anton Lesser
Norman Rodway
Elizabeth Spriggs
Robert Sherman
Paola Dionisotti
Avril Elgar
Tenniel Evans
Jean Heywood
Alex Mccrindle
John Rowe
Janet Wood
Ruth Goring
Bernard Kay
David Landberg
John Normington
Oliver Pierre
Tony Sibbald
Martyn Whitby
Bob Sherman
Crew
Jonathan Bates
Jaz Berger
Robert Berger
Herbert Brodkin
Carl Davis
Jeanette Freeman
Terry Glass
Evangeline Harrison
Tony Imi
Keith Palmer
Thomas Riccabona
David Rintels
Wally Schneiderman
Adrian Smith
Alison Stewart-richardson
Herbert Westbrook
Alan Whibley
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States June 20, 1984
Film was reviewed in Variety 5/23/84 and released theatrically later in the year.
