Laboratory Greece

Dec 8, 2019

2h 45m

★ 8.0

The crisis that changed our lives

Overview

A journey through Greece and Europe’s past and recent history: from the Second World War to the current crisis. It is a historical documentary, a look into many stories. «If Democracy can be destroyed in Greece, it can be destroyed throughout Europe» Paul Craig Roberts

Genres

Documentary

History

Production Companies

Vox Populi

Laboratory Greece Trailers

Cast

Self (archive footage)

Winston Churchill

Self (archive footage)

Barack Obama

Self (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan

Self (archive footage)

Angela Merkel

Self (archive footage)

Donald Trump

Self (archive footage)

Margaret Thatcher

Self (archive footage)

Vladimir Putin

Self (archive footage)

Joseph Stalin

Self (archive footage)

Milton Friedman

Self (archive footage)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Self (archive footage)

Harry S. Truman

Self (archive footage)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

It’s 1974 and Sam Bicke has lost everything. His wife leaves him with his three kids, his boss fires him, his brother turns away from him, and the bank won’t give him any money to start anew. He tries to find someone to blame for his misfortunes and comes up with the President of the United States who he plans to murder.

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