The Hand of Stalin: Leningrad
The film looks at the effects on Leningrad of "the Great Terror" which swept the Soviet Union in the late 1930s, when spies and "enemies of the state" were seen everywhere. Through the stories of five survivors from Leningrad and some of the informers and Secret Police, the darkn...
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| Institution: | Open Society Archives at Central European University |
| Language: | Russian |
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October Films ; PTV Productions
1990
United Kingdom |
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:31609598-910e-4575-9266-b7dc0c2e9342 |
| Summary: | The film looks at the effects on Leningrad of "the Great Terror" which swept the Soviet Union in the late 1930s, when spies and "enemies of the state" were seen everywhere. Through the stories of five survivors from Leningrad and some of the informers and Secret Police, the darkness and paranoia of the time are revealed and the spiraling effect demands on informers. |
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| Published: | 1990 |