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Summary
Mikhail Gorbachev, former president of the Soviet Union, sits down with filmmaker Werner Herzog to discuss his many achievements. Topics include the talks to reduce nuclear weapons, the reunification of Germany and the dissolution of his country.
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- Friends night
- Teens
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Critics vs audiences
Critics a little warmer than audiences (+9)
Critics 79Audiences 70GoodWatch 74
Tomatometer86%
Metascore72
IMDb7.2
Letterboxd · 6 K ratings3.5/5
User score6.9
Audience score68%
Running time
1 h 35 min
A typical length for documentaries
typical 9695Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 10 countries, rent or buy in 3 more
Released
2019
May 3, 2019
7 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
GermanPolishRussianMade in
- Germany
- United Kingdom
- United States
and 3 moreDirecting · 2
- Werner Herzog Director, Writer
- André Singer Director, Writer
Production · 2
- Svetlana Palmer Producer
- Lucki Stipetić Producer
Editing · 1
- Michael Ellis Editor
Sound · 1
- Nicholas Singer Music
Other crew · 2
- Richard Blanshard Cinematography
- Yury Burak Cinematography
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