The Hand of Stalin
Examining the legacy of Stalin's 25 years of crimes against humanity through the experiences of victims and perpetrators, the films also show how people's memories of…
Documentary • Series • 1990 • 1 season
S1 E1 - Leningradskaya: A Village in Southern Russia
Millions of peasants suffered deportation, imprisonment, and finally death by starvation as the forced collectivization of farms led to a massive famine. Interviews with peasants, old Communist Party activists, and survivors of the famine provide an eloquent and moving testament to the abuse of power enacted by Stalin in his iron-willed determination to make collectivization a success.
Oct 16, 1990 • 58m
S1 E2 - Leningrad
Five survivors, both victims and perpetrators, recount their stories of Leningrad in the 1930s, of 'the Great Terror'. They remember the shame of confessing to crimes that they never committed. Secret police interrogators remember that time when they controlled people's lives.
Oct 17, 1990 • 59m
S1 E3 - Kolyma
Hundreds of thousands of peasants, workers, and intellectuals were sent to the Kolyma Gulags to mine gold during the 25 years of Stalinist rule. These vast, isolated wilderness camps are visited for the first time by a film crew whose record of this desolate landscape is intercut with the memories of prisoners and enforcers.
Oct 18, 1990 • 1h
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The Hand of Stalin
Examining the legacy of Stalin's 25 years of crimes against humanity through the experiences of victims and perpetrators, the films also show how people's memories of that time persist in the present day. Some victims who have stayed silent for over 50 years now speak out.
Documentary • TV Series • 1990
Cast
Details
- Genre
- Documentary
- First aired
- Oct 16, 1990
- Last aired
- Oct 18, 1990
- Status
- Ended
- Episodes
- 3
- Network
- BBC Two
- Studio
- October Films, PTV Productions
- Language
- English, Russian