The Red Empire

Plot Summary

The story of an empire: From its founding in 1922 to its dissolution in 1991, the Soviet Union was shaped by revolutionary idealism, but also by oppression and decay. The USSR evolved from Stalinist terror through the Thaw under Khrushchev to political processes such as glasnost and perestroika under Gorbachev. Finally, in 1991, it collapsed.

Top Cast

Nadja Schulz-Berlinghoff Main narrator (voice)

Annette Gerhardt Narrator (voice)

Marina Behnke Narrator (voice)

Max Volkert Martens Narrator (voice)

Thomas Dehler Narrator (voice)