“…The documentary record of the 19th Communist Party congress and the reorganization after Stalin's death. Ed. and with an introd. by L. Gruliow. 1953. …”

“…The mosaic vision of 1953, the year of Stalin's death and a mounting anti-Semitic campaign. In the center of the film, the surgeon Klenskii and his double, whose itineraries in the labyrinth of the world of fear, violence, and the absurd create a powerful and personal account of a historical period.…”