Meeting Gorbachev

Meeting Gorbachev
Film poster
Directed byWerner Herzog
André Singer
Produced bySvetlana Palmer
Lucki Stipetic
CinematographyRichard Blanshard
Yuri Barak
Edited byMichael Ellis
Music byNicholas Singer
Production
companies
History Films
Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk
Spring Films
Werner Herzog Film
Distributed byThe Orchard (North America)
Altitude Film Distribution (United Kingdom and Ireland)
A&E Networks (International)
Release date
  • September 1, 2018 (2018-09-01) (US)
Running time
90 minutes
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • Germany
Languages
  • English
  • Russian
  • German
  • Polish
Box office$252,203

Meeting Gorbachev is a 2018 biographical documentary film directed by Werner Herzog and André Singer about the life of Mikhail Gorbachev, the eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union. The film features three interviews between Herzog and Gorbachev, conducted over the span of six months, and had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival on September 1, 2018.

The film ends with Gorbachev reciting the poem "I Go Out On The Road Alone" by Mikhail Lermontov.

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