The Helsinki Effect
“The meaningless conference that changed everything...”
2025•6•1h 28m•7.9•Released
DocumentaryHistory
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.
Director
Arthur Franck
Writer
Arthur Franck
Languages
Finnish, French, English
Studio
Polygraf
Cast
Arthur Franck
Narrator (voice)
Urho Kekkonen
Self (archive footage)
Leonid Brezhnev
Self (archive footage)
Gerald Ford
Self (archive footage)
Henry Kissinger
Self (archival footage)
Production
Company
Polygraf
Company
Kloos & Co.
Company
Indie Film AS
Producer
Oskar Forstén
Producer
Sandra Enkvist
Producer
Arthur Franck
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