View Item - RU-M003-1988

Language:
Russian
Category:
Drama
Duration:
70 minutes
Catalog Num:
RU-M003-1988
Title:
Marshal Blucher: A portrait against the background of an epoch -- LOCATED IN I.A.S. OFFICE
Item Type:
Video
Medium:
VHS
Program:
International Studies

Reserved:
No
Status:
Available

The film tries to unlock the riddle of the dramatic 1930s in the Soviet Union through the bigraphy of one hero. Marshal Vasily Blucher was one of the best Red Army commanders. yet in 1938 he was declared an "enemy of the people" and perished in Stalin's torture chambers. Rare archrival footage illustrates the excesses of the Stalin era. Notes: Soviet with english subtitles. Director: Vladimir Eisner. Black and White. Country: Russia. Subtitled. (I.A.S. now located in Old McMillan 254.)

> Back to Search