Blood Money: Inside the Soviet Economy (2024)
Overview
How did the USSR - a country considered a second-rate industrial power, economically inferior to Germany, the USA and the UK - shape its victory over the armies of Hitler's regime, and secure its place among the winners?
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| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | fr |
| Popularity | 1.03 |
Directed By
Gil Rabier
TOP CAST
Florence Loiret Caille
Narrator (voice)
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