Directed by:
Jim BrownScreenplay:
Jim BrownCast:
Kiefer Sutherland, Jimmy Carter, Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, Billy Joel, Mike Love, Shane Bruce Johnston, Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, Cyndi Lauper (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
Rock & Roll spread the sound of freedom across the Iron Curtain and throughout Eastern Europe and the USSR, despite Communist attempts to outlaw it and to crush what they perceived was a contamination of their youth. Over the next thirty years, thousands of underground bands and millions of young fans who yearned for Western values helped fuel the nonvio- lent implosion of the Soviet regime. FREE TO ROCK features Presidents, diplomats, spies and rock stars from the West, the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe who reveal how Rock & Roll music was a contributing factor in ending the Cold. (Moscow International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
![Kiefer Sutherland](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/774/163774131_e192b7.jpg)
Kiefer Sutherland
UK
Best movies:
Phone Booth (2002)
Stand by Me (1986)
Twin Peaks (1992)
![Jimmy Carter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/901/157901449_d7bf6c.jpg)
Jimmy Carter
USA
![Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/268/159268163_1002ea.jpg)
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Faraway, So Close! (1993)
![Billy Joel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/469/158469772_7ac56c.jpg)
Billy Joel
USA
Best movies:
The Concert for New York City (2001) (concert)
Oliver & Company (1988)
12-12-12 (2013) (concert)
![Mike Love](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/084/166084148_59fa7f.jpg)
Mike Love
USA
![Elton John](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/333/164333322_98ef4f.png)
Elton John
UK
Best movies:
The Freddie Mercury Tribute: Concert for AIDS Awareness (1992) (concert)
Billy Elliot the Musical (2014) (theatrical recording)
Live 8 (2005) (concert)
![Bruce Springsteen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/824/168824430_ooykhn.jpg)
Bruce Springsteen
USA
Best movies:
Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000 (2001) (video compilation)
High Fidelity (2000)
Bruce Springsteen: Video Anthology 1978-1988 (1989) (video compilation)
![Cyndi Lauper](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273892_43f6b1.jpg)
Cyndi Lauper
USA
Best movies:
Here and There (2009)
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)
Life with Mikey (1993)
![Andrey Makarevich](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/352/160352009_fba7f5.jpg)
Andrey Makarevich
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Děň vyborov (2007)
Afonya (1975)
What Men Talk About (2010)
![Vratislav Brabenec](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/197/162197817_e43bfa.jpg)
Vratislav Brabenec
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Starci na Chmelnici (2019) (concert)
It's Gonna Get Worse (2007)
Sunrise Supervising (2014)
![Boris Grebenshchikov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/225/159225120_d82a89.jpg)
Boris Grebenshchikov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Nežnyj vozrast (2000)
![Elvis Presley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268081_a4ddfe.jpg)
Elvis Presley (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Wild in the Country (1961)
Change of Habit (1969)
Loving You (1957)
![Robert F. Kennedy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/536/161536793_041c2e.jpg)
Robert F. Kennedy (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
The Doors (1991) - a.f.
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) - a.f.
Bobby (2006) - a.f.
![Ronald Reagan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268088_13685b.jpg)
Ronald Reagan
USA
Best movies:
Storm Warning (1951)
'Weird Al' Yankovic: The Videos (1996) (video compilation)
Trumbo (2015) - a.f.
![Václav Havel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276404_3ebbaf.jpg)
Václav Havel (a.f.)
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Nineties (2022) (series) - a.f.
Marta Kubišová 1990 (1990) (concert)
Largo desolato (1991) (theatrical recording) - narrator
![Mick Jagger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271107_28704c.jpg)
Mick Jagger (a.f.)
UK
Best movies:
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour Live (2015) (concert)
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978) (TV movie)
The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015 (2015) (concert)
![Charlie Watts](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/002/161002559_c3305a.jpg)
Charlie Watts (a.f.)
UK
Best movies:
The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015 (2015) (concert)
12-12-12 (2013) (concert)
![Keith Richards](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/510/161510203_95bb6b.jpg)
Keith Richards (a.f.)
UK
Best movies:
The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015 (2015) (concert)
The Concert for New York City (2001) (concert)
The Work of Director Mark Romanek (2005) (video compilation)
![Bruce Johnston](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/084/166084096_a16b58.jpg)
Bruce Johnston
USA
Best movies:
Sgt. Pepper (1978)