East Side Story

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-06-25

Languages:

German, Russian, Polish, Romanian, Bulgarian, Czech

Countries:

France, Germany

Runtime:

78 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (191 Reviews)

Director:

Dana Ranga

Genres:

Documentary Music

Cast:

Margarita Andrushkovich Chris Doerk Erich Gusko Helmut Hanke

Writer:

Andrew Horn

Dana Ranga

Fullplot:

"That's Entertainment!," Communist style. A documentary about movie musicals produced during the height of the old Soviet bloc. Comrades drive tractors, sweep factory floors, feed farm animals, harvest crops, all the while singing their hearts out about the joys of socialism. Included are interviews with people involved in the making of some of these movies, as well as a film historian and nostalgic moviegoers.

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