The Soviet Story

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03/20/2022 This is honestly just pure US propaganda against communism, it is not based on facts. If you fact check the facts used in this documentary you easily find that they are very questionable See more 06/15/2018 Rotten Tomatoes is dead wrong, this film should be viewed by all, at least twice. This was a fact based film meant to educate the viewer about what happened in Russia, before Hitler and how Hitler copied Stalin's playbook which has been copied in every nation that was turned into a communist nation. Well worth viewing. If you don't remember, don't know how communists turn a nation from free to communism, you need to watch this film - at least twice. Everyone should know what some humans are capable of, See more 05/20/2015 The genocidal history of the Soviet communists is true and important. However, the film is presented in a sloppy shock-style manner and is all too reminiscent of high school history classes. See more 12/31/2010 A gross perversion of history! It's shocking that anyone can get away with such a lie, but I suppose faith in the simple-mindedness of people and their disregard and oversimplification of history never fails. I could write a dozen pages about why this documentary is anything but a documentary film about history and is in fact closer to pure propaganda (this is also clear when you look at the groups that supported the creation of this film). This film is dangerous only to those that haven't the slightest clue of European 20th century history, which unfortunately, makes it extremely dangerous and damaging as well as disgustingly offensive to the memory of the victims of the Second World War, the bloodiest and most barbaric conflict in human history. See more 10/26/2008 [i]Soviet Story[/i] acts as an effective corrective to the popular notion that the Communist experiment only turned horrific when Stalin ascended to power. The film documents orders mandating mass executions, estimated in the tens of millions, originating with the father of the revolution, Lenin. Still, it is devilishly difficult to outdo Stalin’s sheer capacity for terror. For instance, the deliberate use of famine to pacify Ukraine is explained here in chilling detail. In a crime against humanity largely ignored by the West, seven million Ukrainians were intentionally starved in the cordoned Republic, as foodstuffs were confiscated at gunpoint by the Red Army. The heart of [i]Soviet Story[/i] explores the close ideological similarities and barbaric collusion between the Soviet Socialists of Stalin and the National Socialists of Hitler. There is an eerie sequence juxtaposing thematically similar propaganda posters from both regimes, side-by-side on-screen. Even more damning are the documents Snore uncovers establishing close links between the SS and the Soviet NKVD (the precursor to the KGD), discussing among other issues, the “Jewish Question.” They did not just talk. They carved up Poland between themselves, and at Stalin’s prompting, staked their claims to the rest of Europe. [i]Soviet Story[/i] is most devastating when discussing the ways in which the more advanced Soviet killing machine served as the inspiration and model for the Holocaust. According former Soviet intelligence officer Viktor Suvorov: “A delegation of German Gestapo and SS came to the Soviet Union to learn how to build concentration camps.” Snore has produced a chilling indictment of the Soviet experience with Socialism. He calls some very convincing witnesses, including Bukovsky, and the eloquent Cambridge historians Norman Davies and George Watson. As evidence, he produces some shocking archival film and documents. However, as the film makes clear, none of those who did (and However, as the film makes clear, none of those who did (and still do) the Soviet dirty work has ever faced justice for their crimes. All told, Snore has produced a passionate but thoroughly reasoned case against the bloodiest regime of the twentieth century. His only misstep is the periodic use of animated titles, which feel like the commercial bumpers in a History Channel special. While this is a period of history I consider myself well versed in, Communist oppression was so ruthless and pervasive, [i]Soviet Story[/i] was able to catalogue many fresh horrors I was not previously aware of. Probably the scariest aspect of the film is its timeliness, releasing as the Putin regime increasingly embraces its Stalinist roots. Everybody who wishes to continue thinking themselves well-informed should see this film. Since [i]Soviet Story[/i] should be seen by a wide audience, I highly recommend seeing it opening weekend, when a strong showing could help it secure further distribution. [i]Soviet Story[/i] opens in New York this Friday at the Village East Cinema. See more Read all reviews

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