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  • The Eighties Tear Down This Wall (Season 1, Episode 4)
  • TV Episode | Documentary, History

The Eighties

Tear Down This Wall (Season 1, Episode 4)
TV Episode | Documentary, History

A look at how Mikhail Gorbachev's rise to power ignited an astounding chain of events that culminated in the dramatic conclusion of the Cold War.
Producer
Composer
Nathaniel Blume (score by)
Cinematographer
Status
Edit Released
Updated Apr 28, 2016

Release date
Apr 28, 2016 (United States)
Awards
Series awards
1 nomination

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Cast

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64 cast members
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Ken Adelman
Self - Former Director, U.S. Arms Control & Disarmament Agency Self - Former Director, U.S. Arms Control & Disarmament Agency   See fewer
Wyatt Andrews
Self - CBS News (archive sound) Self - CBS News (archive sound)   See fewer
Yuri Andropov
Self - General Secretary, Communist Party of the U.S.S.R. (archive footage) Self - General Secretary, Communist Party of the U.S.S.R. (archive footage)   See fewer
James A. Baker
Self - Former White House Chief of Staff (as James A. Baker III) Self - Former White House Chief of Staff (as James A. Baker III)   See fewer
Leonard Bernstein
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Charles Bierbauer
Self - ABC News (archive sound) Self - ABC News (archive sound)   See fewer
H.W. Brands
Self - Author, 'Reagan: A Life' Self - Author, 'Reagan: A Life'   See fewer
Leonid Brezhnev
Self - General Secretary, Communist Party of the U.S.S.R. (archive footage) Self - General Secretary, Communist Party of the U.S.S.R. (archive footage)   See fewer
Tom Brokaw
Self - NBC News (archive footage) Self - NBC News (archive footage)   See fewer
Pat Buchanan
Self - Former White House Communications Director Self - Former White House Communications Director   See fewer
John Chancellor
Self - NBC News (archive footage) Self - NBC News (archive footage)   See fewer
Mike Chinoy
Self - CNN (archive sound) Self - CNN (archive sound)   See fewer
Jill Clayburgh
Self - Actress (archive footage) Self - Actress (archive footage)   See fewer
Walter Cronkite
Self - CBS News (archive footage) Self - CBS News (archive footage)   See fewer
Michael Dobbs
Self - Author, 'Down with Big Brother' Self - Author, 'Down with Big Brother'   See fewer
Bob Dole
Self (archive footage) (as Sen. Bob Dole) Self (archive footage) (as Sen. Bob Dole)   See fewer
Sam Donaldson
Self - ABC News (archive footage) Self - ABC News (archive footage)   See fewer
David Ensor
Self - ABC News Self - ABC News   See fewer
Tim Ewart
Self - ITN (archive footage) Self - ITN (archive footage)   See fewer
Sandy Gilmour
Self - NBC News (archive footage) Self - NBC News (archive footage)   See fewer
Mikhail Gorbachev
General Secretary, Communist Party of the U.S.S.R. (archive footage) General Secretary, Communist Party of the U.S.S.R. (archive footage)   See fewer
Thane Gustafson
Self - Georgetown Center for Stragetic Studies (archive footage) Self - Georgetown Center for Stragetic Studies (archive footage)   See fewer
Robert Hager
Self - NBC News (archive sound) Self - NBC News (archive sound)   See fewer
Václav Havel
Self - President of Czechoslovakia (archive footage) (as Vaclav Havel) Self - President of Czechoslovakia (archive footage) (as Vaclav Havel)   See fewer
Steven Hayward
Self - Author, 'The Age of Reagan' (as Steven F. Hayward) Self - Author, 'The Age of Reagan' (as Steven F. Hayward)   See fewer
David E. Hoffman
Self - Contributing Editor, Washington Post Self - Contributing Editor, Washington Post   See fewer
Erich Honecker
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Peter Jennings
Self - ABC News (archive footage) Self - ABC News (archive footage)   See fewer
Marvin Kalb
Self - CBS News (archive sound) Self - CBS News (archive sound)   See fewer
Ted Koppel
Self - ABC News (archive footage) Self - ABC News (archive footage)   See fewer
Bob Kur
Self - NBC News (archive footage) Self - NBC News (archive footage)   See fewer
James Mann
Self - Author, 'The Rebellion of President Reagan' Self - Author, 'The Rebellion of President Reagan'   See fewer
Jack F. Matlock Jr.
Self - Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.S.S.R. (as Jack Matlock) Self - Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.S.S.R. (as Jack Matlock)   See fewer
Bruce Morton
Self - CBS News (archive sound) Self - CBS News (archive sound)   See fewer
Bill Moyers
Self - CBS News (archive sound) Self - CBS News (archive sound)   See fewer
Tim Naftali
Self - Author and Historian Self - Author and Historian   See fewer
Jane Pauley
Self - NBC News (archive footage) Self - NBC News (archive footage)   See fewer
Barry Petersen
Self - CBS News (archive sound) Self - CBS News (archive sound)   See fewer
Mark Phillips
Self - CBS News Correspondent (archive sound) Self - CBS News Correspondent (archive sound)   See fewer
Bill Plante
Self - CBS News (archive sound) Self - CBS News (archive sound)   See fewer
Pope John Paul II
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Colin Powell
Self - Former National Security Advisor (as Gen. Colin Powell) Self - Former National Security Advisor (as Gen. Colin Powell)   See fewer
Gene Randall
Self - NBC News (archive sound) Self - NBC News (archive sound)   See fewer
Dan Rather
Self - CBS News (archive footage) Self - CBS News (archive footage)   See fewer
Ronald Reagan
Self - President of the United States (archive footage) Self - President of the United States (archive footage)   See fewer
Dean Reynolds
Self - ABC News (archive sound) Self - ABC News (archive sound)   See fewer
Frank Reynolds
Self - ABC News (archive footage) Self - ABC News (archive footage)   See fewer
Walter Rodgers
Self - ABC News (archive sound) Self - ABC News (archive sound)   See fewer
Jessica Savitch
Self - NBC News (archive footage) Self - NBC News (archive footage)   See fewer
Diane Sawyer
Self - ABC News (archive sound) Self - ABC News (archive sound)   See fewer
Forrest Sawyer
Self - ABC News (archive footage) Self - ABC News (archive footage)   See fewer
Günter Schabowski
Self - East German Socialist Party (archive footage) (as Gunter Schabowski) Self - East German Socialist Party (archive footage) (as Gunter Schabowski)   See fewer
Victor Sebestyen
Self - Author, 'Revolution 1989' Self - Author, 'Revolution 1989'   See fewer
Robert Service
Self - Author, 'Comrades: A World History of Communism' Self - Author, 'Comrades: A World History of Communism'   See fewer
George Shultz
Self (archive sound) (as Secretary of State George Schultz) Self (archive sound) (as Secretary of State George Schultz)   See fewer
Lesley Stahl
Self - CBS News / Former White House Corresponent, CBS News Self - CBS News / Former White House Corresponent, CBS News   See fewer
Gil Troy
Self - Author, 'The Reagan Revolution' Self - Author, 'The Reagan Revolution'   See fewer
Garrick Utley
Self - NBC News (archive footage) Self - NBC News (archive footage)   See fewer
Richard Valeriani
Self - NBC News (archive sound) Self - NBC News (archive sound)   See fewer
Lech Walesa
Self - Leader, Solidarity Trade Union (archive footage) Self - Leader, Solidarity Trade Union (archive footage)   See fewer
Chris Wallace
Self - NBC News (archive footage) Self - NBC News (archive footage)   See fewer
Robin Wright
Self - Contributing Writer, The New Yorker Self - Contributing Writer, The New Yorker   See fewer
Julian Zelizer
Self - Professor of History, Princeton University (as Julian E. Zelizer) Self - Professor of History, Princeton University (as Julian E. Zelizer)   See fewer
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