Free to Rock

1h 1min

Documentary

History

Music

Rock & Roll spread the sound of freedom across the Iron Curtain and throughout Eastern Europe and the USSR, despite Communist attempts to outlaw it and to crush what they perceived was a contamination of their youth. Over the next thirty years, thousands of underground bands and millions of young fans who yearned for Western values helped fuel the nonvio- lent implosion of the Soviet regime. FREE TO ROCK features Presidents, diplomats, spies and rock stars from the West, the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe who reveal how Rock & Roll music was a contributing factor in ending the Cold

Cast

Kiefer Sutherland

Kiefer Sutherland

Narrator (voice)
Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley

Self (archive footage)
Mike Love

Mike Love

Himself
George Harrison

George Harrison

Self - The Beatles (archive footage)
John Lennon

John Lennon

Self - The Beatles (archive footage)
Ringo Starr

Ringo Starr

Self - The Beatles (archive footage)
Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney

Self - The Beatles (archive footage)

Release date

1st May 2017

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English