How Soviet TV Audiences Fell Under the Spell of Mass Hypnosis Artist Anatoly Kashpirovskiy

How Soviet TV Audiences Fell Under the Spell of Mass Hypnosis Artist Anatoly Kashpirovskiy

Polish director Lukasz Konopa’s documentary "Kashpirovskiy. Under the Spell" examines Soviet TV hypnotist Anatoly Kashpirovskiy, whose televised performances in the 1970s and 1980s attracted an estimated 300 million viewers across the USSR. The film, assembled from archival footage found in Ukraine and other former Soviet states, was completed with HBO funding in 2025.

Source: How Soviet TV Audiences Fell Under the Spell of Mass Hypnosis Artist Anatoly Kashpirovskiy — Variety

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