Disco and Atomic War (2009)

Cold War. Hot desires.

A different history of the Cold War: how Estonians under Soviet tyranny began to feel the breeze of freedom when a group of anonymous dreamers successfully used improbable methods to capture the Finnish television signal, a window into Western popular culture, brave but harmless warriors who helped change the fate of an entire nation.

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Kiur Aarma

Narrator (voice)

Jaak Kilmi

Narrator (voice)

Alo Kõrve

Narrator (voice)

Jaan Tootsen

Narrator (voice)

Liina Vahtrik

Narrator (voice)

Eduard Toman

Narrator (voice)

G

Gerda Viira

Urve

O

Oskar Vuks

Jaak

T

Toomas Pool

Toomas

J

Jaan-Joosep Puusaag

Joosep

E

Einar Kotka

Young Nikolai

A

Aleksandr Aug

Joosep's Father

B

Birgit Veemaa

Joosep's Mother

E

Esko Salminen

Self - Historian

S

Sakari Kiuru

Self - Finnish TV Former Head

A

Arvo Sildnik

Self - TV Engineer

E

Edward Lucas

Self - Writer

H

Hagi Shein

Self - Sociologist

G

Georgi G. Potchepstov

Self - Media Researcher

V

Voldemar Lindström

Self - Soviet Estonian TV Program Director

N

Nikolai Haug

Self - Inventor

Å

Åke Blomqvist

Self (archive footage)

A

Ami Aspelund

Self (archive footage)

David Hasselhoff

Self (archive footage)

K

Karl Vaino

Self (archive footage)

Leonid Brezhnev

Self (archive footage)

Mikhail Gorbachev

Self (archive footage)

P

Panda Nikander

Self (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan

Self (archive footage)

Teija Sopanen

Self (archive footage)

Urho Kekkonen

Self (archive footage)

V

Väinö Purje

Self (archive footage)

Yuri Andropov

Self (archive footage)

L

Lieko Zachovalová

Self (voice) (archive footage)

A

Aivar Võimre

Self (archive footage)

M

Mauno Koivisto

Self (uncredited)

Arnold Rüütel

Self (uncredited)

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