Pavel PONOMAREV-MENDEL
Павел ПОНОМАРЕВ-МЕНДЕЛЬ
Pavel PONOMAREV-MENDEL
Russia, 2006, 44mn 
documentary
Hunger for lies
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Голод во лжи

 

 Famine et mensonges

 Golod vo lzhi

 
Directed by : Pavel PONOMAREV-MENDEL (Павел ПОНОМАРЕВ-МЕНДЕЛЬ)
Writing credits : Pavel PONOMAREV-MENDEL (Павел ПОНОМАРЕВ-МЕНДЕЛЬ)
Cinematography : Batyr ATAEV (Батыр АТАЕВ), Ivan MAKAROV (Иван МАКАРОВ)
Produced by : Natalya MANSKAYA (Наталья МАНСКАЯ)
 
Site : Artdoc.media

Plot synopsis
A film that tells the story of American journalist Walter Duranty, who worked from 1922 to 1936 as Moscow bureau chief for The New York Times. Duranty knew the truth about the mass deaths in the Soviet Union from famine in the 1930s. But he was silent about it. And he even issued a refutation of the information about these deaths leaked to the Western press.
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Stalin in contemporary Russian cinema, (kinoglaz.fr), 2023

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