Directing
Romm pulls out all the stops in its selection of documentary material to draw the viewer not only into absolute horror about fascism and nazism in the 1920s–1940s Europe, but also to a firm conviction that nothing of the sort should be allowed to happen again anywhere in the world.
The last German plane that took off from Stalingrad took out only bags with the last letters of the soldiers. After the war, an unknown person brought several of them to the Soviet commandant's office, saying: "Take them, this is history." Based on them, a film was made, which won nine awards at international film festivals in the first year.
