The Helsinki Effect backdrop

The Helsinki Effect 2025 Directed by Arthur Franck Der Helsinki Effekt

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.

Production Countries Finland , Germany
Language German
Spoken Languages English , Finnish , French , German
Gneres Documentary , History
Production Company Polygraf
Release Date 21 February 2025
88 mins
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)