The Gulag Archipelago: The Book That Changed Russian History (2023)
Overview
The story of Russian writer and Soviet dissident Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008) and his masterpiece, The Gulag Archipelago, published in Paris in 1973, which forever shook the very foundations of communist ideology.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | fr |
| Popularity | 2.04 |
Directed By
Jérôme Lambert
Philippe Picard
TOP CAST
Sandy Boizard
Self - Narrator (voice)
Bruno Abraham-Kremer
Self - Reader (voice)
Alexandr Solzhenitsyn
Self - Writer (archive footage)
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