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One word of truth (Russian version)

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A documentary about the resistance to tyranny in the USSR through creativity. Based on a Nobel lecture by A. Solzhenitsyn

Production

Production company
Anglo-Nordic Productions Trust

In 1970 Solzhenitsyn was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. This film illustrates a lecture he wrote before his exile from the Soviet Union. The film features music by Shostakovich, footage from the Gulag, and fragments of newsreels of historical events. The film raises contemporary issues such as the differences in values in the modern world, the connection between lies and violence, shows the importance and power of art and literature, and emphasizes the role of the human person for the development of society.