Irina Gedrovich

The last months of Stalin's life.

About the last day of freedom of the deputy of the Moscow Soviet and the director of the central board.

In this farcical dark comedy/melodrama, Lena manages to lose her place at college by virtue of throwing a minor hissy-fit when she catches her erstwhile boyfriend in bed with another girl. Instead of penalizing the boy for his behavior, Lena gets stuck with a court appearance and must pay a small fine, in addition to losing a boyfriend, her college career, and an apartment. Lena belongs to a film club which occasionally hands out awards, and the membership of it decides to send her into the Russian hinterlands to hand out an award to an obscure filmmaker. Throughout the film, Lena has been associated with a bizarre con man named Stepanych who, when his cons fall through, comes to her in the distant town she has gone to seeking her help in committing suicide.

The film covers the period from the autumn of 1932, when Svetlana's mother, Nadezhda Sergeevna Alliluyeva, tragically died, to 2008. This is a film about how the relationship between Svetlana and Stalin changed, how it happened that even after the death of the leader, his shadow still pursued her, and she fled through cities and countries. The tape is based on a conversation with Svetlana Alliluyeva. The authors managed to find an 82-year-old woman in one of the American nursing homes, and Svetlana Iosifovna agreed to give a detailed interview.

The Last Holocaust Secret reveals a little-known chapter of World War II: how Bulgaria, under Nazi pressure, chose to save nearly 50,000 Jews from deportation. The film is told through the personal story of Mladen Ivanov, an ordinary man whose life became a witness to extraordinary events. Combining eyewitness accounts, rare archival footage, and historical analysis, the film uncovers a collective act of courage that history has long overlooked.

As a young man in Germany during the Thirties, Gerhard M. was an amateur photographer who preserved his work in a photo album. In 1941, when he was sent to the Eastern Front as a German soldier, he took along a camera to record his combat experiences in the Soviet Union. Based on his wartime diary and photo album, AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER recounts Gerhard M.'s experiences with his unit.