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The Long Breakup
Genres
DocumentaryHistory
Overview
Ukrainian journalist Katya Soldak, currently living in New York City and working for Forbes magazine, chronicles Ukraine's history: its strong ties to Russia for centuries; how it broke away from the USSR and began to walk alone; the Orange Revolution, the Maidan Revolution, the Crimea annexation, the Donbass War; all through the eyes of her family and friends settled in Kharkiv, a large Ukrainian city located just eighteen miles from the Russian border.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
86 min
Release Date
2020-10-24
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
5
Vote Average
6
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Katya Soldak
Self - Journalist
Timothy Snyder
Self - Historian
Serhiy Zhadan
Self - Writer
Mikhail Gorbachev
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Eric Potapov
Self - Anchorman (archive footage)
Viktor Yushchenko
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Viktor Yanukovych
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Joseph Stalin
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Vladimir Putin
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Yulia Tymoshenko
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Petro Poroshenko
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Self - Politician (archive footage)
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