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A History of an Assignment

0.0 52 mins Documentary   2021
PK Cargofilm  
Director(s): Vladimir Nepevny

1962 year. Cuban Missile Crisis. The world is on the brink of nuclear disaster. Khrushchev has no leverage over the stubborn commander. The only thing he could do was send someone to Cuba whom he trusted, someone who could convince Castro. This person was Anastas Mikoyan. He was accompanied on his mission by Roman Carmen, a legendary cameraman who filmed the Spanish Civil War, World War II and the Nuremberg Trials. Mikoyan's business trip lasted almost a month. Day after day, step by step, like a real psychologist, he talked with Castro and Che Guevara, listened to their calls to "die beautifully" and destroy the enemy with one blow, and tried to persuade Cuba to compromise to save the world. This film was born thanks to recently declassified documents.

Casts of A History of an Assignment

Anastas Mikoyan

as Self (archive footage)

John F. Kennedy

as Self (archive footage)

Fidel Castro

as Self (archive footage)

Nikita Khrushchev

as Self (archive footage)

Che Guevara

as Self (archive footage)

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