How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin

This is the untold story of how the Beatles punctured the Iron Curtain. In August 1962, award-winning director Leslie Woodhead made a two-minute film, in Liverpool’s Cavern Club, with a raw and unrecorded group of unknown rockers — the Beatles. Twenty-five years later, while making a series of films in Russia, Woodhead discovered just how powerful Beatlemania was in the Soviet Union. Even though the Beatles never performed there, their music and rebellious style had soaked into the lives of a generation of Russian kids. How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin features personal stories from members of Russia’s Beatles generation, who talk about how the Fab Four changed their lives, gave them hope, and helped to undermine the foundations of the Soviet system.

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