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The Russian Miracle
80%
Movie
3h 49m
AI Analysis
The Russian Miracle (1963) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of The Russian Miracle (1963) — a movie tagged as Documentary and History with epic moods and slow-burn pacing.
Story & themes: A two-part East German documentary tracing Russia’s transformation from the Tsarist Empire to the Soviet Union, from the 1917 October Revolution to the achievements of the space program. Directed by Andrew Thorndike and Annelie Thorndike, the film assembles extensive archival footage to chart political upheaval, ide… Our models also surface themes such as power from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect slow-burn storytelling (~229 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate The Russian Miracle 80% (2 votes) — strong audience scores for this movie.
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TMDb audience score
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Synopsis
A two-part East German documentary tracing Russia’s transformation from the Tsarist Empire to the Soviet Union, from the 1917 October Revolution to the achievements of the space program. Directed by Andrew Thorndike and Annelie Thorndike, the film assembles extensive archival footage to chart political upheaval, ideological consolidation, and technological ambition in twentieth-century Russia. Produced by DEFA and first broadcast on East German television in 1963.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1963-05-07
- Runtime
- 3h 49m
- TMDB rating
- 8.0
- TMDB ID
- 927793
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A two-part East German documentary tracing Russia’s transformation from the Tsarist Empire to the Soviet Union, from the 1917 October Revolution to the achievements of the space program. Directed b... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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The official runtime for The Russian Miracle is approximately 229 minutes.
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Directors & writers
Cast

Wolfgang Heinz
(narrator)

Günter Grabbert
(narrator)

Fred Düren
(narrator)

Günther Simon
(narrator)

Horst Drinda
(narrator)

Lotte Loebinger
(narrator)

Wolfgang Langhoff
(narrator)
- H
Helmut Müller-Lankow
(narrator)
- W
Walter Niklaus
(narrator)

Yuriy Yakovlev
(Russian version narrator)

George Coulouris
(English version narrator)

Mark Dignam
(English version narrator)

Ina De La Haye
(English version narrator)

Gerry Wolff
(English version narrator)
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