Entertainment

Beat goes on to end Cold War

Now it can be told. The erotic film “Emmanuelle” helped end the Cold War.

That’s one tasty tidbit from “Disco and Atomic War,” a subversively funny documentary directed by Jaak Kilmi.

It’s the true story of how the Soviet government that ruled Estonia into the 1980s began to lose control when somebody discovered they could illegally tap into Western TV from neighboring Finland.

Suddenly, the good people of Estonia could watch rock ‘n’ roll, “Dallas” and the original “Emmanuelle.” Life would never be the same — and the Cold War would soon be over.