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The Black Book
The Black Book

The Black Book

8.0/10

1hr 30mins

Country:FR

2020

DocumentaryHistoryCrime
Spoken Languages: Français

Overview:

The Black Book, drafted during World War II, gathers numerous unique historical testimonies, in an effort to document Nazi abuses against Jews in the USSR . Initially supported by the regime and aimed at providing evidence during the executioners’ trials in the post-war era, the Black Book was eventually banned and most of its authors executed on Stalin’s order. Told through the voices of its most famous instigators, soviet intellectuals Vassilli Grossman, Ilya Ehrenburg and Solomon Mikhoels, the documentary, provides a detailed account of the tragic destiny of this cursed book and puts the Holocaust and Stalinism in a new light.

Budget

$0.00

Production companies

Les Films du Poisson, France Télévisions, Toute L'Histoire, CNC, La Procirep-Angoa, Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah, Ministère des Armées

Genre

Documentary, History, Crime

Runtime

1hr 30mins

Rating

8.0/10

Release Date

2020-12-01