The Lost World of Communism

2009 British film

The Lost World of Communism

Produced by|

* Peter Molloy
* Lucy Hetherington

Distributed by| BBC

Release date

* 14 March 2009 (2009-03-14)

Running time

| 60 min (3 parts)
Country| United Kingdom
Language| English

The Lost World of Communism is a three-part British documentary series which examines the legacy of communism twenty years on from the fall of the Berlin Wall. Produced by Peter Molloy and Lucy Hetherington, the series takes a retrospective look at life behind the Iron Curtain between 1945 and 1989, focusing on three countries in the Eastern Bloc \- East Germany, Czechoslovakia and Romania. Through film and television footage and the personal recollections of those who lived in these countries, the series offers a glimpse of what daily life was like during the years of Communist rule.[1]

The Lost World of Communism debuted on BBC Two on Saturday 14 March 2009 at 9:00pm. There is also a book which accompanies the series.[2]

## Episode list

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Date | Number | Title | Details

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14 March  | 1  | A Socialist Paradise  | How the collapse of communism affected people in the 'socialist paradise' of East Germany.
21 March  | 2  | The Kingdom of Forgetting  | In communist Czechoslovakia, attempts to reform communism were crushed by Warsaw Pact allies in 1968.
28 March  | 3  | Socialism in One Family  | Looking at communist Romania and Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu.

## References

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1. ^ "The Lost World of Communism: An Oral History of Daily Life Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Molloy". London: Times Online. 15 February 2009. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2009.
2. ^ "My lost world of Communism". BBC News. 13 March 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2009.

## External links

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* The Lost World of Communism at BBC Online
* The Lost World of Communism at IMDb
* Sutcliffe, Tom (16 March 2009). "The Weekend's Television: When you're better off red". The Independent. London. Retrieved 19 March 2009.

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