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Vytautas Landsbergis is a music professor and a charismatic leader of the Lithuanian independence movement. In 1990, he took his country out of the Soviet Union and forced Gorbachev to recognise its sovereignty. 30 years after the historic collapse of the USSR, Mr Lands- bergis shares the hidden story behind his nation's fight for independence. Combining interview and archive footage, Sergei Loznitsa paints a mesmerizing portrait of a man who made history.

Documentary, colour, 2021, 248 min.