When Mikhail Gorbachev rose to power in 1985, his reform policy sparked an independence movement in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. But as cries for help from the Baltic States were met with silence from the international community at large, two small nations – Iceland and Denmark – answered the call, motivated by the personal connections of their foreign ministers, Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson and Uffe Elleman Jensen.
Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson
Self
Marju Lauristin
Self
Mikhail Gorbachev
Self (archive footage)
Lennart Meri
Self (archive footage)
Edgar Savisaar
Self (archive footage)
Director
Ólafur Rögnvaldsson
Writer
Kolfinna Baldvinsdóttir
No Reviews yet.
Status:
Released
Original Language:
Icelandic
Budget:
$0.00
Revenue:
$0.00