Summary "The Shadow of Stalin" - Sixty years after his death, the cult of Joseph Stalin, one of the most cruel dictators of history, is revived by the Russians who have suffered so much. The director seeks to unravel the causes of this ambivalence. The film tells, thanks to the inventory work accomplished for twenty-five years by the historians and volunteers of the association Memorial, how, relegating terror to the margins of history, its ghosts continue not only to haunt the spirits and power, but to block any process of democratization. View more details
Directed : Thomas Johnson
Written : Marie Brunet-Debaines Thomas Johnson
Stars : Jean-Christophe Brétignière Irina Flige Pavel Galitsky Vladimir Kantovskiy
Genres : History Documentary
Release date : Jan 27, 2014
Countries of origin : France
Language : French
Production companies : Institut National de l'Audiovisuel (INA)
Summary "The Shadow of Stalin" - Sixty years after his death, the cult of Joseph Stalin, one of the most cruel dictators of history, is revived by the Russians who have suffered so much. The director seeks to unravel the causes of this ambivalence. The film tells, thanks to the inventory work accomplished for twenty-five years by the historians and volunteers of the association Memorial, how, relegating terror to the margins of history, its ghosts continue not only to haunt the spirits and power, but to block any process of democratization. View more details
Genres : History Documentary
Release date : Jan 27, 2014
Countries of origin : France
Language : French
Production companies : Institut National de l'Audiovisuel (INA)
