Mattias Uhl
Acting
Biography
Matthias Uhl was born in the city of Nordhausen, which was then part of the GDR. Since school I have been interested in history and even in the early 1990s came to study it in the Soviet Union, and later in the Russian Federation. Specializes in the history of Eastern Europe. In 2000, he defended his dissertation on the technology of German jet technology and their use in Soviet rocketry. From the mid-1990s until the early 2000s, he held the position of research fellow at the Martin Luther University in Halle-Wittenberg. After that, Matthias devoted five years to studying the USSR's policies in matters of weapons, technology and reparations after the end of World War II, as well as the GDR as part of the Warsaw Pact and the activities of the Soviet intelligence services during the Cold War. Currently an employee of the State Institute of Art Studies (GII) in Moscow. Author and co-author of numerous articles and monographs on various historical topics. Doctor of Historical Sciences.
Known For
1989-1990. General Secretary of the CPSU Mikhail Gorbachyov begins global transformations in the USSR. He passionately wants to become a star in world politics and for this he is ready to go as far as he can to meet the West. But the perestroika planned by Gorbachyov leads to fatal, irreversible consequences. Intelligence officer Alexander Nechaev finds himself at the center of an operation organized by the intelligence services of several countries. During the months spent in Berlin at the moment of the breakdown of the entire post-war world order, Nechaev changed a lot. He no longer knows who is a friend and who is a traitor, but continues to defend the honor and interests of his Motherland...
GDR
The story of an empire: From its founding in 1922 to its dissolution in 1991, the Soviet Union was shaped by revolutionary idealism, but also by oppression and decay. The USSR evolved from Stalinist terror through the Thaw under Khrushchev to political processes such as glasnost and perestroika under Gorbachev. Finally, in 1991, it collapsed.
The Red Empire
What happened in 1953 in Stalin’s secret dacha in Kuntsevo? The last five days of the dictator. The film presents narratives about the life and death of the scrupulous power seeker Stalin. A life full of cruelties and red glamour which ended 70 years ago in his secret dacha in Kuntsevo. The almighty suddenly powerless.
Stalin – Leben und Sterben eines Diktators
Nikita Khrushchev was a devoted supporter of Stalin, but eventually put an end to his predecessor's regime of terror. In this documentary his family members, along with historians, bring to life his story and a piece of Soviet history.