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21/02/2025 Documentary, History 1h 28m
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The meaningless conference that changed everything...

Overview

The Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) was the starting point for the slow but sure collapse of communist authoritarian rule in Eastern Europe. The Helsinki Effect offers new perspectives on the events of the Cold War. The film tells the story of the CSCE process, which had a major impact on the end of the Cold War, and sheds light on secret top-level discussions behind closed doors, through voice simulations using artificial intelligence.

  1. Arthur Franck

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Arthur Franck

    Narrator (voice)

  2. Urho Kekkonen

    Self (archive footage)

  3. Leonid Brezhnev

    Self (archive footage)

  4. Gerald Ford

    Self (archive footage)

  5. Henry Kissinger

    Self (archival footage)

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Reviews

A review by Brent Marchant
Written by Brent Marchant on 2025-10-21
A widely held theory known as “the butterfly effect” maintains that seemingly small actions, like a butterfly flapping its wings on one side of the planet, can actually have tremendous impact at a distance, such as the ability to affect weather patterns on the other side of the globe. And, as this informative and entertaining documentary from writer-director Arthur Franck shows, it’s possible to see how this principle might apply in areas other than the fallout that stems from insect behavior. In 1975, 35 world leaders from Europe and North America gathered in Finland to sign a detailed ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
Finnish

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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