Pyotr – Letters from the Gulag
Verzio FF Submission In 1937, Pyotr Alexeyev was arrested by Stalin's secret police and thrown into a Gulag prison camp for alleged counterrevolutionary activities. More than half a century later, Alexeyev's great-granddaughter came upon a stack of letters that he wrote to his wife in 1938...
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| Institution: | Open Society Archives at Central European University |
| Language: | Russian |
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Dutch Film and Television Academy
2008
Netherlands |
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:9c21045f-9099-4c4c-9b99-a5ec7a02dd09 |
| Summary: | Verzio FF Submission
In 1937, Pyotr Alexeyev was arrested by Stalin's secret police and thrown into a Gulag prison camp for alleged counterrevolutionary activities. More than half a century later, Alexeyev's great-granddaughter came upon a stack of letters that he wrote to his wife in 1938. The camera follows her to the Siberian tundra where Alexeyev's camp once stood. Aside from a few nameless graves and some ruins, there are almost no signs of the horrible prison camps left. Family photos and archive footage gradually reveal a tragic family history. |
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| Published: | 2008 |