Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (Russian: Михаи́л Серге́евич Горбачёв; 2 March 1931 - 30 August 2022) was a Russian and former Soviet politician. The eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union, he was the general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991. He was also the country's head of state from 1988 until 1991, serving as the chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 1988 to 1989, chairman of the Supreme Soviet from 1989 to 1990, and president of the Soviet Union from 1990 to 1991. Ideologically, he initially adhered to Marxism–Leninism although by the early 1990s had moved toward social democracy.
Known For
The Abyss
(1989)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Faraway, So Close!
(1993)
Mikhail Gorbachev
Zero Days
(2016)
Himself (archive footage)
Putin's Witnesses
(2018)
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Full Filmography
Acting
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
(1984)
Self
Der springende Punkt
(1987)
The Abyss
(1989)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
(1990)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ceausescu: Behind the Myth
(1991)
Self (archive footage)
Strictly Propaganda
(1992)
Faraway, So Close!
(1993)
Mikhail Gorbachev
But... Seriously
(1994)
Self (archive footage)
Soviet Union: The Rise and Fall - Part 2
(1996)
Self (archive footage)
Reagan
(1998)
Self
Mikhail Gorbachev Pizza Hut commercial
(1998)
The Secret KGB JFK Assassination Files
(1999)
Himself
Die Sekretäre
(1999)
Self (archive footage)
When the Wall Came Tumbling Down: 50 Hours That Changed the World
(1999)
Self
Mikhaïl Gorbatchev, l'homme qui a changé le monde
(2003)
Disaster at Chernobyl
(2004)
Himself (archive footage)
Freedom's Fury
(2006)
The Collapse of The Soviet Union
(2006)
Himself
Doot Doola Doot Doo ... Doot Doo!
(2006)
Self (archive footage)
The Battle of Chernobyl
(2007)
Himself
Hammer & Tickle
(2007)
Self (archive footage)
Here to Stay
(2009)
Self
Disco and Atomic War
(2009)
Self (archive footage)
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu
(2010)
A Bitter Taste of Freedom
(2011)
He Came to Give Us Freedom
(2011)
The Last Days of the USSR
(2011)
Self
41
(2012)
Self (archive footage)
Der Sturz - Honeckers Ende
(2012)
himself
Quando c'era Berlinguer
(2014)
The Russian Woodpecker
(2015)
Former President Russia (archive footage)
Laissez-faire
(2015)
Self (archive footage)
Those Who Dare
(2015)
Self (archive footage)
Zero Days
(2016)
Himself (archive footage)
Free to Rock
(2017)
Self
Oscar Arias: Without a Shot Fired
(2017)
Himself
The Arrow of Time
(2017)
Self
Era Of Dance
(2017)
Self (archival footage)
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
(2017)
Self - Homme d'État soviétique et russe (archive footage)
Lusia in Wonderland
(2018)
himself
Putin's Witnesses
(2018)
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Our Africa
(2018)
Self
Meeting Gorbachev
(2019)
Self
Tiananmen: The People Versus the Party
(2019)
Himself - Politician (archive footage)
The Man Who Defied Beijing
(2019)
Himself - Politician (archive footage)
Solidarność: How Solidarity Changed Europe
(2019)
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
(2019)
Self (archive footage)
30 Years of Democracy
(2019)
Self (archive footage)
Frenemies: Putin and Trump
(2020)
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Stalin and the Katyn Massacre
(2020)
Self (archive footage)
The Way I See It
(2020)
Self (archive footage)
My Favorite War
(2020)
Self - Politician (archive footage)
The Long Breakup
(2020)
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Gorbachev. Heaven
(2021)
Self
Sakharov. Two Lives
(2021)
self (archival footage)
Chernobyl: The Last Battle of the USSR
(2021)
Self (archive footage)
Moscow 1996, Vote or Lose!
(2021)
Self (archive footage)
Mr. Landsbergis
(2021)
Self (archive footage)
Stasi, un État contre son peuple
(2021)
Self (archive footage)
The Art of Dissent
(2021)
Self - Subject (archive footage)
Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes
(2022)
Self (archive footage)
In the Grip of Gazprom
(2023)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gorbacheva
(2024)