The Gulag Archipelago: The Book That Changed Russian History

Nov 24, 2023

0h 56m

★ 8.2

Overview

The story of Russian writer and Soviet dissident Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008) and his masterpiece, The Gulag Archipelago, published in Paris in 1973, which forever shook the very foundations of communist ideology.

Genres

Documentary

History

Production Companies

Zadig Productions

Ethan Productions

ARTE

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Cast

Self - Narrator (voice)

Sandy Boizard

Self - Reader (voice)

Bruno Abraham-Kremer

Self - Writer (archive footage)

Alexandr Solzhenitsyn

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The Gulag Archipelago: The Book That Changed Russian History

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