That makes him an odd fit to interview Mikhail S. Gorbachev, whose leadership of the Soviet Union helped bring the Cold War to an end. Herzog suggests to Gorbachev that the international mood is returning to a Cold War atmosphere. He replies, “I just wanted to say that Cold War cannot be a form of international relations. The meat of the documentary consists of three sit-down interviews Herzog held with Gorbachev over half a year. “The first German that you probably met wanted to kill you,” the filmmaker says, though Gorbachev denies it.

Source: International New York Times May 02, 2019 11:05 UTC