Cannibal Island (2009)

6.0/10 75 min Documentary History

Overview

A disturbing chapter in Russian history is explored in this documentary. In 1933, Joseph Stalin sent 6000 "unwanted" citizens of Moscow and Leningrad to a desolate Siberian island - with no food or clothes to speak of. Decades later this documentary returns to the island.

Cast

Andrei Zayats

Vassili Velichko

Anton Yakovlev

Dimitri Zepkov

Anton Kuznetsov

Kubulaiev

Nicolas Werth

Self

Nikita Petrov

Self

Joseph Stalin

Self (archive footage)

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