Six Letters About Beat (1977)

Six Letters About Beat

1977

Synopsis

A short movie and university exercise about so-called "beat" — that is the name of nascent rock music in Soviet Union. It illustrates the difference between generation of sons and generation of fathers who do not understand the idea of this new culture. Featuring interviews with teenagers, adults and rock musicians. Rare videos of bands such as "Машина времени", "Рубиновая атака" and "Високосное лето".

Credits

Director

Alexei Khanutin

Cast

Aleksandr Kutikov as himself

Andrey Makarevich as himself

Evgeniy Margulis as himself

Igor Kon as himself

Kris Kelmi as himself

Valeriy Efremov as himself

Vladimir Ratskevich as himself

Crew