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The Lost World of Communism

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Genre: Documentary
Origin: GB

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The Lost World of Communism is a three-part British documentary series which examines the legacy of Communism twenty years on from the fall of the Berlin Wall. Produced by Peter Molloy and Lucy Hetherington, the series takes a retrospective look at life behind the Iron Curtain between 1945 and 1989, focusing on three countries in the Eastern Bloc - East Germany, Czechoslovakia and Romania. Through film and television footage and the personal recollections of those who lived in these countries, the series offers a glimpse of what daily life was like during the years of Communist rule. The Lost World of Communism debuted on BBC Two on Saturday 14 March 2009 at 9:00pm. There is also a book which accompanies the series.

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Director: Bill Treharne Jones, Peter Molloy
Status: Ended
First aired: Mar 14, 2009
Network: BBC Two
Studio: BBC

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3 hrs

3 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

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Hagen Koch

Ursula Rumin

Karel Fiala

Michael Pennington

Václav Havel

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The Lost World of Communism

20091 Season60m episodes6.0

Documentary

TMDB6.0

Votes6

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Runtime: 60m episodes
Genre: Documentary
Origin: GB

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Not available to stream in United States yet.

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E1 · Airs Mar 14, 2009 · 1h 0m
A Socialist Paradise
New series revealing what life was like for people in Eastern Bloc countries before the collapse of communist states, symbolised by the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. The documentary goes beyond the usual images of spies, secret police and repression to tell the stories of those who lived behind the Iron Curtain through testimonies and rarely seen archive material, beginning with East Germany
E2 · Airs Mar 21, 2009 · 1h 0m
The Kingdom of Forgetting
Documentary looking at Czechoslovakia's attempts to reform communism, which were brutally crushed in an invasion by Warsaw Pact allies in 1968. What followed was the reimposition of hardline communist rule known as 'Normalisation' - under which the reformers were removed, the reforms reversed and history rewritten, leaving the country known as 'the Kingdom of Forgetting'.
E3 · Airs Mar 28, 2009 · 1h 0m
Socialism in One Family
The final programme in the series looks at Romania, where Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu ran a personal dictatorship for nearly a quarter of a century. Abortion and contraception were banned as their rule reached far into the private lives of every Romanian. When communism collapsed and the regime was overthrown, the self-styled 'mother and father of the nation' were executed by a firing squad on December 25 1989.

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Director: Bill Treharne Jones, Peter Molloy
Status: Ended
First aired: Mar 14, 2009
Network: BBC Two
Studio: BBC

Time to finish

3 hrs

3 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

View on IMDb ↗

Cast

Hagen Koch

Ursula Rumin

Karel Fiala

Michael Pennington

Václav Havel

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