Empire Is Untenable - Production & Contact Info

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62 cast members

Name	Known for
Volodymyr Zelenskyy Self - President of Ukraine Self - President of Ukraine See fewer	Svaty (2008)
Olga Rudenko Self - Editor-in-Chief, Kyiv Independent Self - Editor-in-Chief, Kyiv Independent See fewer	Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War (2024)
Rita Self - Ukrainian Citizen Self - Ukrainian Citizen See fewer	Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War (2024)
Oleksiy Sorokin Self - Journalist, Kyiv Independent Self - Journalist, Kyiv Independent See fewer	Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War (2024)
Kaja Kallas Self - Prime Minister of Estonia Self - Prime Minister of Estonia See fewer	Vremya (1968)
Masha Lipman Self - Russian Journalist Self - Russian Journalist See fewer	Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War (2024)
Arnold Sinisalu Self - Director General, Estonian Internal Security Service Self - Director General, Estonian Internal Security Service See fewer	Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War (2024)
Mark Pomar Self - Author, Cold War Radio Self - Author, Cold War Radio See fewer	Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War (2024)
Joachim Neumann Self - East German Dissident Self - East German Dissident See fewer	Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War (2024)
Mary Sarotte Self - Author, The Collapse (as Mary Elise Sarotte) Self - Author, The Collapse (as Mary Elise Sarotte) See fewer	Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War (2024)
Susan Glasser Self - Co-Author, Kremlin Rising Self - Co-Author, Kremlin Rising See fewer	Im Wahn - Trump und die Amerikanische Katastrophe (2020)
Pavel Palazchenko Self - Interpreter for Mikhail Gorbachev Self - Interpreter for Mikhail Gorbachev See fewer	Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War (2024)
David Remnick Self - Editor, The New Yorker Self - Editor, The New Yorker See fewer	We Are Witnesses (2017)
Timothy Garton Ash Self - Author, Homelands Self - Author, Homelands See fewer	A Week in Politics (1982)
Pope John Paul II Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Jeweller's Shop (1988)
Tim Weiner Self - Author, The Folly and the Glory Self - Author, The Folly and the Glory See fewer	The Siege (1998)
Robert Gates Self - Director, Central Intelligence Agency 1991 - 1993 Self - Director, Central Intelligence Agency 1991 - 1993 See fewer	Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War (2024)
Joe Detrani Self - CIA Chief of East Asia Operations 1984 - 1986 Self - CIA Chief of East Asia Operations 1984 - 1986 See fewer	Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War (2024)
Wang Dan Self - Student Leader, Tiananmen Square Protests Self - Student Leader, Tiananmen Square Protests See fewer	Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War (2024)
Hans Schulze Self - Former Stasi Prisoner Self - Former Stasi Prisoner See fewer	Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War (2024)
Gabi Sajonz Self - East German Resident Self - East German Resident See fewer	Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War (2024)
Siegbert Schefke Self - East German Undercover Journalist Self - East German Undercover Journalist See fewer	Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War (2024)
Horst Teltschik Self - West German National Security Advisor 1982 - 1990 Self - West German National Security Advisor 1982 - 1990 See fewer	Trading Germans (2014)
Wolfgang Ischinger Self - Assistant to West Germany Foreign Minister 1982 - 1990 Self - Assistant to West Germany Foreign Minister 1982 - 1990 See fewer	The Balkans in Flames (2021)
Daniel Biskup Self - West German Photographer Self - West German Photographer See fewer	Wir in Bayern (2003)
Rolf-Michael Turek Self - Leipzig Pastor 1984 - 1997 (as Reverend Rolf-Michael Turek) Self - Leipzig Pastor 1984 - 1997 (as Reverend Rolf-Michael Turek) See fewer	Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War (2024)
Anne Applebaum Self - Author, Iron Curtain Self - Author, Iron Curtain See fewer	The Way Back (I) (2010)
Condoleezza Rice Self - National Security Council, Soviet and Eastern European Affairs 1989 - 1991 Self - National Security Council, Soviet and Eastern European Affairs 1989 - 1991 See fewer	30 Rock (2006)
Archie Brown Self - Author, The Human Factor Self - Author, The Human Factor See fewer	Weekend World (1972)
Fiona Hill Self - U.S. National Security Council 2017 - 2019 Self - U.S. National Security Council 2017 - 2019 See fewer	Trump Takes on the World (2021)
Mikhail Baryshnikov Self - Ballet Dancer (archive footage) Self - Ballet Dancer (archive footage) See fewer	The Turning Point (1977)
Willy Brandt Self - Governing Mayor of West Berlin 1957 - 1966 (archive footage) Self - Governing Mayor of West Berlin 1957 - 1966 (archive footage) See fewer	Interview mit Berlin (1959)
George Bush Self - President of the United States 1989 - 1993 (archive footage) (as George H.W. Bush) Self - President of the United States 1989 - 1993 (archive footage) (as George H.W. Bush) See fewer	41 (II) (2012)
William Casey Self - CIA Director 1981 - 1987 (archive footage) (as William J. Casey) Self - CIA Director 1981 - 1987 (archive footage) (as William J. Casey) See fewer
Elena Ceausescu Self - Wife of Nicolae Ceausescu (archive footage) Self - Wife of Nicolae Ceausescu (archive footage) See fewer	The Eternal Light (1971)
Nicolae Ceausescu Self - Communist Leader of Romanian 1965 - 1989 (archive footage) Self - Communist Leader of Romanian 1965 - 1989 (archive footage) See fewer	Aktuelle Kamera (1952)
Hanns Joachim Friedrichs Self - Host of Tagesthemen (archive footage) Self - Host of Tagesthemen (archive footage) See fewer	Tagesthemen (1978)
Edward Gierek Self - Communist Leader of Poland 1970 - 1980 (archive footage) Self - Communist Leader of Poland 1970 - 1980 (archive footage) See fewer
Mikhail Gorbachev Self - Leader of the Soviet Union 1985 - 1991 (archive footage) Self - Leader of the Soviet Union 1985 - 1991 (archive footage) See fewer	Meeting Gorbachev (2018)
Václav Havel Self - Czech Playwright and Dissident (archive footage) Self - Czech Playwright and Dissident (archive footage) See fewer	Leaving (2011)
Erich Honecker Self - East German Leader 1971 - 1989 (archive footage) Self - East German Leader 1971 - 1989 (archive footage) See fewer	Immer bereit (1950)
Wojciech Jaruzelski Self - Communist Leader of Poland 1981 - 1989 (archive footage) Self - Communist Leader of Poland 1981 - 1989 (archive footage) See fewer	Hammer & Tickle (2006)
Daniel Johnson Self - The Daily Telegraph (archive footage) Self - The Daily Telegraph (archive footage) See fewer
Harald Jäger Self - East German Border Guard (archive footage) Self - East German Border Guard (archive footage) See fewer	Deutschland 83 (2015)
Lane Kirkland Self - President of the AFL-CIO 1979 - 1995 (archive footage) Self - President of the AFL-CIO 1979 - 1995 (archive footage) See fewer	Cold War (1998)
Egon Krenz Self - East German Leader October 1989 - December 1989 (archive footage) Self - East German Leader October 1989 - December 1989 (archive footage) See fewer	Strictly Propaganda (1992)
Vladimir Kryuchkov Self - Head of the KGB 1988 - 1991 (archive footage) Self - Head of the KGB 1988 - 1991 (archive footage) See fewer	Cold War (1998)
Angela Merkel Self - German Chancellor 2005 - 2021 (archive footage) Self - German Chancellor 2005 - 2021 (archive footage) See fewer	Sonneborn rettet die Welt (2013)
Petr Mladenov Self - Foreign Minister of Bulgaria 1971 - 1989 (archive footage) (as Petar Mladenov) Self - Foreign Minister of Bulgaria 1971 - 1989 (archive footage) (as Petar Mladenov) See fewer	Vremya (1968)
Aram Radomski Self - Schefke's Collaborator (archive footage) Self - Schefke's Collaborator (archive footage) See fewer	Vater, Sohn und der Preis des Widerstands
Ronald Reagan Self - President of the United States 1981 - 1989 (archive footage) Self - President of the United States 1981 - 1989 (archive footage) See fewer	Kings Row (1942)
Günter Schabowski Self - GDR Government Spokesman (archive footage) Self - GDR Government Spokesman (archive footage) See fewer	Crazy Race 2 - Warum die Mauer wirklich fiel (2004)
Wolfgang Schäuble Self - West German Federal Minister of the Interior 1989 - 1991 (archive footage) Self - West German Federal Minister of the Interior 1989 - 1991 (archive footage) See fewer	Salt Without Soup (1990)
Brent Scowcroft Self - National Security Advisor 1989 - 1993 (archive footage) (as Lieutenant General Brent Scowcroft) Self - National Security Advisor 1989 - 1993 (archive footage) (as Lieutenant General Brent Scowcroft) See fewer	The Cold War and Beyond (2002)
Margaret Thatcher Self - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1979 - 1990 (archive footage) Self - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1979 - 1990 (archive footage) See fewer	SDI Star Wars (1991)
Lech Walesa Self - Union Leader (archive footage) Self - Union Leader (archive footage) See fewer	Prawdziwy koniec zimnej wojny (2011)
Vernon Walters Self - U.S. Ambassador to West Germany (archive footage) (as Vernon A. Walters) Self - U.S. Ambassador to West Germany (archive footage) (as Vernon A. Walters) See fewer	7 sur 7 (1981)
Deng Xiaoping Self - Leader of China 1978 - 1989 (archive footage) Self - Leader of China 1978 - 1989 (archive footage) See fewer	Mr. Deng Goes to Washington (2015)
Gennady Yanayev Self - Deputy Chairman of the Trade Unions 1989 (archive footage) Self - Deputy Chairman of the Trade Unions 1989 (archive footage) See fewer
Dmitry Yazov Self - Soviet Minister of Defense 1987 - 1991 (archive footage) Self - Soviet Minister of Defense 1987 - 1991 (archive footage) See fewer	History (2000)
Todor Zhivkov Self - Communist Leader of Bulgaria 1954 - 1989 (archive footage) Self - Communist Leader of Bulgaria 1954 - 1989 (archive footage) See fewer	The Eternal Light (1971)
Aylam Orian Vladimir Putin (voice) (uncredited) Vladimir Putin (voice) (uncredited) See fewer	We Were the Lucky Ones (2024)