“…Bucharest as seen through the prism of totalitarian architecture. The film attempts to understand the ideology embedded in architecture – reminiscing 50 years of communism through the buildings it bore.…”

“…A collage of documentary and chronicle footage from various German and Soviet archives, attempting to reconstruct the experience of the citizens of the Third Reich and to grasp the essence of totalitarian regime. The footage is accompanied by director's commentary, analyzing the imagery.…”

“…Fidel Castro, however, built a totalitarian regime on the back of this slogan which denies Cubans their basic rights and makes them slaves of the communist nomenklatura. …”

“…Every day, Poles tuned in, keen on staving off state propaganda, and determined to carry on their private wars with the totalitarian system in order to feel free.…”

“…Every day, Poles tuned in, keen on staving off state propaganda, and determined to carry on their private wars with the totalitarian system in order to feel free.…”

“…By condemning the crimes of the past, the film serves as a sobering reminder of the methods of totalitarian regimes in the present, and if left undetected, in the future.…”

“…But one day the wall fell…The rabbits’ fate serves as a guise for an allegorical tale of a totalitarian system.…”

“…Verzio FF Submission In 1980, workers from a Gdansk shipyard began to strike against the totalitarian regime in Poland. A wave of intellectuals joined in and soon the “Solidarity” movement came into being with the mass support of the Polish population. …”

“…Instead of finding paradise, however, they discover only totalitarian oppression and political murder. One by one, her family is killed on trumped-up charges as part of Stalin's purges. …”

“…Verzio FF submission This historical-psychological documentary film tells the story of the experiences of the director´s mother and her twin sister in a totalitarian society under Stalinism, Soviet occupation and terror, when repressing memories was the only method of self-defense. …”

“…Leipzig DOK Festival 1965 - Special Prize of the Jury (Long Footage Category) Romm's "Ordinary Fascism" pulls out all the stops in its selection of documentary material to draw the viewer not only into absolute horror about fascism and nazism in the 1920s-1940s Europe, but also to a firmest of convictions that nothing of the sort should be allowed to happen again anywhere in the world. the film was released in 1965, in the Soviet Union's heyday at the height of the great societal and intellectual "thaw" that followed the Stalin's death and the denunciation of Stalin's totalitarianism by Nikita Khruschev. Never explicitly mentioning any of them explicitly, the film targets tyranny and despotism no matter what form they may take; the release of such a film would have been impossible under Stalin.…”

“…Verzio FF Submission Narrated by Jeremy Irons, “The Power of the Powerless” explores Czechoslovakia’s complex history of struggle against controlling totalitarian regimes – from the iron-fisted Stalinist government, through the vibrant and politically active Prague Spring of the 1960s, and into the hard-line backlash of the 1970s. …”

“…With irony and humor, he points to what the country suffers from most of all – the dictator Lukashenko's self–centered understanding of the world and the totalitarian method of rule which springs from it. The film lifts the lid on an elaborate state apparatus which does not allow the slightest sign of democratisation, and a "free" election which turns into farce.…”

“…Film’s protagonists reveal the experience of the many thousands of families that were forcibly separated by the totalitarian regime of Enver Hodja, the longest-serving European dictator of the 20th century. …”

“…The chillingly fascinating choreography of the mass procession is conducted with absolute perfection and is strongly reminiscent of similar celebrations from Nazi Germany and shows how the manifestations of these totalitarian regimes resemble one another. The author of the film also visits a number of places touched by the feet of the "God-like" Kim Il Sung or his son Kim Jong Il, which immediately became national memorials. …”

“…And yet it reveals much more than that - the very spaces and situations unveil the working of a totalitarian machine where both official institutions and family histories are penetrated by adoration for the leader and mistrust of outsiders. …”