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Palace for the People

Documentary that reveals the hidden secrets within five of communism's most splendid palaces through the eyes of the people who designed, built and worked in them.

Documentary that showcases five of Soviet Europe’s most grandiose architectural enterprises. Created to embody the β€˜collective good’, the buildings, made with courage and a bit of lunacy, were used to remind the people of the power and brighter future that awaited them.

Each building was designed to be either the tallest or the largest, or to have the biggest clock on earth or the most advanced technology of its time. Now that socialism is over, film-makers Missirkov and Bogdanov revisit five of communism’s most splendid palaces to reveal their hidden secrets through the eyes of the people who designed, built and worked in them. Featuring the National Palace of Culture in Sofia, Moscow State University, the Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest, the Palace of Serbia in Belgrade and the Palace of the Republic in Berlin.

1 hour, 14 minutes

Last on

Fri 19 Jun 2020 01:00
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Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:33

    Sviatoslav Richter

    No. 2 In C Minor, Bwv 847: Fugue

Credits

Director Boris Missirkov
Director Georgi Bogdanov
Writer Boris Missirkov
Writer Georgi Bogdanov
Producer Martichka Bozhilova

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