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Jul 13, 2005 · Stalin's Last Purge: Directed by Alan Rosenthal. With Antony Thomas. January 1953: On the eve of his death Stalin finds himself yet another imaginary enemy: Jewish doctors.
- Alan Rosenthal
- 2005-07-13
- Documentary, History
- 56
Valentin Berezhkov, who became Stalin's interpreter in 1941, suggests parallels in his memoir between Hitler's inner party purge and Stalin's mass repressions of Old Bolsheviks, military commanders and intellectuals.
January 1953: On the eve of his death Stalin finds himself yet another imaginary enemy: Jewish doctors. He organizes the most violent anti-Semitic campaign ever launched in the USSR, by fabricating the “Doctors’ Plot,” whereby doctors are charged with conspiring to murder the highest dignitaries.
Mar 9, 2018 · With Olga Kurylenko, Tom Brooke, Paddy Considine, Justin Edwards. Moscow, 1953. After being in power for nearly 30 years, Soviet dictator, Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, takes ill and quickly dies. Now the members of the Council of Ministers scramble for power.
- (114K)
- Comedy, Drama, History
- Armando Iannucci
- 2018-03-09
Jun 30, 2024 · Stalin's Last Purge is a revealing documentary that explores the chilling events of Joseph Stalin's final years. It taps into rarely seen archive footage and newly accessible secret information, offering a fresh perspective on the leader's relentless need for control and the paranoia that marked his later reign.
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Sep 8, 2015 · Stalin’s Last Purge details the devious plots of Stalin’s final years and is the first comprehensive film to examine his actions from the point of view of Russia’s Jewish leaders. Many of them, passionate supporters of Stalin in the War, were later hunted down by his secret police.
