One word of truth (Captioned)

Based on Alexander Solzhenitzyn’s Nobel Prize Lecture - one of the greatest statements of the 20th Century, skilfully interpreted by Tom Courtenay (Best Actor of the Year 1980). Unable to leave the Soviet Union, Solzhenitzyn wrote a speech which was never delivered but was later published in many languages. The prison camp sequences were shot in Swedish-Lapland, and works of art and historic newsreel footage dramatise the issues. The music is by Dimitri Shostakovich.

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Credits

producer

Anglo-Nordic Productions Trust

Duration

00:29:00:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1981

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

323989

Language

English

Subject categories

Adaptations

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Concentration camps

Closed captioning

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Civil rights

History → Concentration camps

Literature → Russian literature - Film and video adaptations

Sound/audio

Captioned

Colour

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United Kingdom, 1981

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