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After you watch it, ask yourself why hasn't it been shown in your country. Maybe you can do something about that, having something to with film and the media as I understand.
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The Economist review of The Soviet Story praises the film by saying
"Soviet Story" is the most powerful antidote yet to the sanitisation of the past. The film is gripping, audacious and uncompromising. [...] The main aim of the film is to show the close connections—philosophical, political and organisational—between the Nazi and Soviet systems.[1] New York Times is less pleased. We are all surprissed:
The New York Times in its review of the documentary stated
The film is not dispassionate scholarship; Mr. Snore, who is Latvian, and his backers (including some members of the European Parliament) obviously have an agenda, though to the casual American viewer it may not be clear what it is.[26] As to the Russian/Kremlin historians the reaction is full of passion. They are so emotional:
A Russian historian with alleged FSB affiliation[28][29], Alexander Dyukov has been the most vocal critic of the documentary. His first reaction on the film was this: "After watching two thirds of the film, I had only one wish: to kill its director and to burn down the Latvian Embassy."[
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