The Soviet Story

2008 1h 26m EN

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7.3

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★7.3TMDB · 42

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Synopsis

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“The Soviet Story” is a story of an Allied power, which helped the Nazis to fight Jews and which slaughtered its own people on an industrial scale. Assisted by the West, this power triumphed on May 9th, 1945. Its crimes were made taboo, and the complete story of Europe’s most murderous regime has never been told. Until now...

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Jon Strickland
Narrator
Vladimir Lenin
Self (archive footage)
Alfred Rosenberg
Self (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
Joseph Goebbels
Self (archive footage)
Hermann Göring
Self (archive footage)
George Bernard Shaw
Self (archive footage)
Mikhail Gorbachev
Self (archive footage)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Edvīns Šņore
Writers: Edvīns Šņore
Languages: English, Latvian
Countries: Latvia

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RUNTIME

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86 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 18 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Latvian.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Edvīns Šņore, shot by Edgars Daugavvanags-Vanags. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Edvīns Šņore shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Jon Strickland and Vladimir Lenin and Alfred Rosenberg carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1305871 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Edvīns Šņore directs. Edgars Daugavvanags-Vanags behind the camera. Edvīns Šņore cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Latvia. Dialogue in English, Latvian.

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Things worth knowing

186 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 18 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Latvian.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Directed by Edvīns Šņore, shot by Edgars Daugavvanags-Vanags. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Editor Edvīns Šņore shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Jon Strickland and Vladimir Lenin and Alfred Rosenberg carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt1305871 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 42 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.