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In the Wake of Stalin

Original title: L'ombre de Staline
  • TV Movie
  • 2014
  • 1h 30m
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Joseph Stalin in In the Wake of Stalin (2014)
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"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 directo... Read all"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... Read all"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 associati... Read all

  • Director
    • Thomas Johnson
  • Writers
    • Marie Brunet-Debaines
    • Thomas Johnson
  • Stars
    • Jean-Christophe Brétignière
    • Irina Flige
    • Pavel Galitsky
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  • IMDb RATING
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    • Director
      • Thomas Johnson
    • Writers
      • Marie Brunet-Debaines
      • Thomas Johnson
    • Stars
      • Jean-Christophe Brétignière
      • Irina Flige
      • Pavel Galitsky
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Jean-Christophe Brétignière
    • Narrator
    • (voice)
    Irina Flige
    • Self - director of the Memorial Centre in St. Petersburg
    Pavel Galitsky
    • Self - journalist, Gulag survivor (17-year sentence)
    Vladimir Kantovskiy
    • Self - engineer, Gulag survivor (12-year sentence)
    • (as Vladimir Kantovski)
    Sergey Karaganov
    • Self - professor, presidential advisor to Vladimir Putin
    Emilia Koustova
    • Self - historian, Université de Strasbourg
    Oleg Orlov
    • Self - chairman of the board of human rights center Memorial
    Irina Ostrovskaya
    • Self - archivist, Memorial
    Jan Plamper
    • Self - historian, University of London
    Arseny Roginsky
    • Self - co-founder of civil rights society Memorial
    Teodor Shanin
    • Self - sociologist
    Joseph Stalin
    Joseph Stalin
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (as Iosif Stalin)
    • Director
      • Thomas Johnson
    • Writers
      • Marie Brunet-Debaines
      • Thomas Johnson
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    • Release date
      • January 28, 2014 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • L'ombre de Staline
    • Production company
      • Institut National de l'Audiovisuel (INA)
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      • €300,000 (estimated)
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      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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