Three Years On
On 11 March 1985, after the greater part of the Comrades series had already been filmed, the USSR acquired a new leader and soon appeared to be on the brink of enormous change. But has any of that change reached the lives of the average Soviet citizen?
Michael Ignatieff hears from four of the original subjects. Film editor MIKE ALOOF
Videotape editor ST JOHN O'RORKE Director PIETER MORPURGO Producer ANDREW GOSLING