Iron Curtain: Life Under Soviet Occupation

TV Show · Documentary · History

In the wake of WWII, Eastern Europe came under Soviet domination, as millions lived in the shadow of the Iron Curtain; through intimate testimonies from Hungary, Poland, and East Germany, alongside rare archives, director Tania Rakhmanova-who grew up in the USSR-traces the forced sovietization of the region from 1944 to the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961.

2024 · 55m

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Iron Curtain: Life Under Soviet Occupation

Documentary

In the wake of WWII, Eastern Europe came under Soviet domination, as millions lived in the shadow of the Iron Curtain; through intimate testimonies from Hungary, Poland, and East Germany, alongside rare archives, director Tania Rakhmanova-who grew up in the USSR-traces the forced sovietization of the region from 1944 to the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961.

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Studio
ARTE
Released
2024
Rated
AL/G
Region of Origin
France

Languages

Original Audio
French
Audio

French (France) (AD, AAC), German (Germany) (AD, AAC)

Subtitles

English (United Kingdom) , French (France) (CC, SDH), German (Germany) (CC, SDH), Italian (Italy) , Polish (Poland) , Spanish (Spain)

Accessibility

Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
Audio descriptions (AD) refer to a narration track describing what is happening on screen to provide context for those who are blind or have low vision.