Anonymous
Post 03/03/2019 20:18     Subject: Good movie or documentary on Stalin?
OP here again...we are watching the documentary tonight (whole family watching) then burt by the sun and other suggestions next..thank you
Anonymous
Post 02/28/2019 22:46     Subject: Good movie or documentary on Stalin?
Also, your daughter might like mastering the art of soviet cooking. It’s a family memoir and a quick, funny read but really captures the pros and cons of the Soviet experience, including the Stalin years.
Anonymous
Post 02/28/2019 22:40     Subject: Good movie or documentary on Stalin?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I haven't seen it, but Netflix has a series, "Trotsky," that might be interesting.


Other possible films: Burnt By the Sun, about a family during the Great Purge.


Excellent movie.

A great read is "The Forsaken" by Tim Tzouliadis.


Oh, I love this movie.
Anonymous
Post 02/28/2019 21:05     Subject: Good movie or documentary on Stalin?
OP here--thank you, PPs!
Anonymous
Post 02/25/2019 13:55     Subject: Good movie or documentary on Stalin?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I haven't seen it, but Netflix has a series, "Trotsky," that might be interesting.


Other possible films: Burnt By the Sun, about a family during the Great Purge.


Excellent movie.

A great read is "The Forsaken" by Tim Tzouliadis.
Anonymous
Post 02/25/2019 13:44     Subject: Good movie or documentary on Stalin?
Anonymous wrote:It's not a film but Anne Applebaum's "Red Famine: Stalin's war on Ukraine" is an excellent read.


On a similar note, there was a recent movie titled “Bitter Harvest” about the famine (golodomor = death by starvation) in Ukraine. I don’t think Stalin himself is in the movie, or if he is it’s very episodic, but he was the one who engineered the whole thing.
Anonymous
Post 02/25/2019 12:11     Subject: Good movie or documentary on Stalin?
Anonymous wrote:I haven't seen it, but Netflix has a series, "Trotsky," that might be interesting.


Other possible films: Burnt By the Sun, about a family during the Great Purge.
Anonymous
Post 02/25/2019 12:05     Subject: Good movie or documentary on Stalin?
I haven't seen it, but Netflix has a series, "Trotsky," that might be interesting.
Anonymous
Post 02/25/2019 09:13     Subject: Good movie or documentary on Stalin?
It's not a film but Anne Applebaum's "Red Famine: Stalin's war on Ukraine" is an excellent read.
Anonymous
Post 02/25/2019 08:53     Subject: Good movie or documentary on Stalin?
Anonymous wrote:Death of Stalin?


Ha ha! It's a great film. Probably not one to watch to inform oneself about the whole of Stalin's life. It is, after all, about his death, and he only makes an appearance in the first 20 minutes of the film.

But it would be a good film to watch after watching something else about Stalin. Very dark and gets at the horrible absurdity of a murderous dictatorship.
Anonymous
Post 02/25/2019 08:27     Subject: Re:Good movie or documentary on Stalin?
I just taught about Stalin in my World 2 class and we watched some of this documentary.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRkVq4sR_V8&t=1579s

I didn't see the entire thing, but the part we watched were very interesting (and sad).
Anonymous
Post 02/25/2019 08:09     Subject: Good movie or documentary on Stalin?
Death of Stalin?
Anonymous
Post 02/24/2019 15:51     Subject: Good movie or documentary on Stalin?
The 1992 HBO movie with Robert Duvall as Stalin was pretty good.
Anonymous
Post 02/24/2019 14:21     Subject: Good movie or documentary on Stalin?
16 y.o. DD doing a report, and I thought it would be a learning opportunity and hopefully also an entertaining family activity if we all watched something on his regime. Any suggestions?

TIA