This excellent and breathtaking documentary is the result of a long study on the Gulag to try to understand why more than 60 million Soviet citizens were sent to the camps from 1918 to 1956, how such a massive confinement could take place during two generations. From the Solovki in the north-west to the Kolima in Siberia, from Lenine to Kroutchev, a polar geography is erected into the Gulag system. One does not escape from camps. After ten years of imprisonment, one dies. Some survived, some left traces; they witness: organisation, work and discipline, but also resistance, repression and revolt.
Unfortunately the movie Gulag is not yet available on HBO Max.
Production | Lisa Ostermann | Producer |
Directing | Hélène Chatelain | Director |
Directing | Iosif Pasternak | Director |
Editing | Iosif Pasternak | Editor |
Writing | Hélène Chatelain | Screenplay |
Sound | Jean-François Priester | Sound |
Writing | Iosif Pasternak | Screenplay |
Crew | Jean-Louis Porte | Cinematography |