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201574 minPGdocumentary

9.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Surveillance Historical Events

When We Talk About KGB

201574 minPGdocumentary

9.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

From 1940 to 1990, the KGB employed extensive surveillance tactics in Lithuania, including bugging restaurant dinner plates and staging car accidents.

Surveillance Historical Events

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Virginija Vareikytė,

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From 1940 to 1990, the KGB employed extensive surveillance tactics in Lithuania, including bugging restaurant dinner plates and staging car accidents.

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Virginija Vareikytėdirector

Maxì Dejoiedirector

Virginija Vareikytėwriter

Maxì Dejoiewriter

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Vilnius, Lithuania, during the Soviet occupation, provides a chilling backdrop for "When We Talk About KGB." Directed by Maxì Dejoie and Virginija Vareikytė, the film details the KGB's surveillance methods from 1940 to 1990. It includes accounts of bugged restaurant dinner plates and staged car accidents used to install monitoring devices in homes. Archival footage and interviews reveal the experiences of individuals subjected to detention and interrogation, reflecting the psychological and social impacts of living under constant scrutiny.

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