Soviet space program omitted reports of failure or trouble". Out of fear of admitting any defeat, reports of cosmonauts' missions leaned towards an exaggerated positive spin rather than factual substance. "The USSR was famously described by Winston Churchill as 'a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma' and nothing signified this more than the search for the truth behind its space program during the Cold War. Although the Space Race was literally played out above our heads, it was often obscured by a figurative 'space curtain' that took much effort to see through" says Dominic Phelan in the book "Cold War Space
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser released in 1993 as a VHS tape with the English language title "The Mystery of Kaspar Hauser". The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (; lit. "Every Man for Himself and God Against All") is a 1974 West German drama film written and directed by Werner Herzog and starring Bruno Schleinstein (credited as Bruno S.) and Walter Ladengast. The film closely follows the real story of foundling Kaspar Hauser, using the text of actual letters found with Hauser. The film follows Kaspar Hauser, who lived the first seventeen years of his life chained in a tiny cellar