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Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (Russian: Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин; born Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili, Russian: Иосиф Виссарионович Джугашвили; 18 December 1878 – 5 March 1953) was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953. He was among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the October Revolution in Russia in 1917 and later held the position of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee from 1922 until his death in 1953. While the office of the General Secretary was officially elective and not initially regarded as the top position in the Soviet state, Stalin managed to use it to consolidate more and more power in his hands after the death of Vladimir Lenin in 1924 and gradually put down all opposition groups within the Communist Party. This included Leon Trotsky, a socialist theorist and the principal critic of Stalin among the early Soviet leaders, who was exiled from the Soviet Union in 1929. Whereas Trotsky was an exponent of permanent revolution, it was Stalin's concept of socialism in one country that became the primary focus of Soviet politics.
Actors: Ian Roberts (actor), James Evans (actor), Mikael Sharafyan (costume designer), Sonja Mereu (producer), Kimberly Alexander (actress), Miguel A. Ferrer (producer), Georg Anton (actor), Miguel A. Ferrer (producer), Georg Anton (actor), Miguel A. Ferrer (writer), Miguel A. Ferrer (director), Georg Anton (actor), Miguel A. Ferrer (editor), Rey Goyos (actor), Ozzy Inguanzo (producer),
Plot: For hope. For power. For faith. For love. How far would you go? A gifted scientist must take a leap of faith in order to fight a brewing darkness intent on our demise.
Genres: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Short,Actors: Nick Goulden (director), Carl Rock (miscellaneous crew), Nick Goulden (actor), Nick Goulden (writer), Nick Goulden (producer), Barbara Healy (producer), Charlie Hood (miscellaneous crew), Bruno Loureiro (miscellaneous crew), Carola Stewart (actress), Paul Campion (actor), Arnold Pistorius (producer), Ben Fawcett (actor), James Hammond (producer), David Symington (producer), James Hammond (director),
Plot: In The Tyrant's Cup we see six of the world's greatest tyrants competing for the Tyrant Of The Year Award. The Triple I - The Institute for International Ignominy - bring exclusive coverage of this momentous sporting contest. From the studio in their giant blimp, Rex Lexington and Tony Balls, the hottest names in sports commentary, take us through the sizzling and deadly action as our competitors negotiate their way past three obstacles: The Ballot Box, The Gauntlet Of The Three Citizens, and War, Or No War. Three communists, two democrats, and one fascist, but only one competition: The Tyrant's Cup...
Genres: Comedy, Short, Sport,Actors: Zaque Smith (writer), Zaque Smith (director), Jonathan Dantzler (producer), Zaque Smith (producer), Jonathan Dantzler (director), Jonathan Dantzler (writer), Zaque Smith (composer), Zaque Smith (actor), Zaque Smith (editor), Jonathan Dantzler (editor), Daniel Dockery (composer), Daniel Dockery (actor), Daniel Dockery (writer), Daniel Dockery (producer), Daniel Dockery (director),
Plot: In an alternate Post-WWII history, Stalin and Hitler are pursuing degrees at a small liberal arts college in the mountains of North Carolina. However, when these two titans clash over the role of Tevye in "Fiddler on the Roof," the universe trembles.
Keywords: absurd, appalachian, apperture, films, hitler, parody, stalin, student, surrealistActors: Jonny Lewis (actor), Gleb Kaminer (actor), Erik Godal (composer), Marta Tomkiw (producer), Marta Tomkiw (producer), Marta Tomkiw (actress), Marta Tomkiw (producer), Silvana Vienne (actress), Silvana Vienne (actress), Bobby Leigh (writer), Bobby Leigh (producer), Bobby Leigh (producer), Bobby Leigh (director), Marcus Wynnycky (actor), Shon LeBlanc (costume designer),
Plot: In 1932-33, Ukraine, the breadbasket of Europe, had bountiful crops of grain, yet its people were dying of starvation. In order to crush the will of the independent-minded Ukrainian peasants and secure collectivization of all Ukrainian lands, Joseph Stalin ordered an army of ruthless, Communist Party activists to confiscate all harvested grain and seize all the foodstuffs in the villages. As a result of this genocidal decree, by the end of 1933 nearly 25 percent of the Ukrainian population - up to 10 million people, including 3 million children - had perished! In the face of terror, Ukrainians had little possibility of escaping their horrific fate to create another life elsewhere. Travel was banned for Ukrainians keeping them confined in a prison of starvation within their own villages.
Keywords: starvationActors: Yûzô Hayakawa (actor), Arthur Holden (actor), Frank Fontaine (actor), Colin Fox (actor), Bernard Behrens (actor), David Hemblen (actor), Alain Goulem (actor), James Bradford (actor), Roger Dunn (actor), Mark Camacho (actor), Winston Churchill (actor), J. Winston Carroll (actor), Jeffrey DeMunn (actor), Ken Jenkins (actor), Hisashi Igawa (actor),
Plot: Harry Truman, the successor to the Oval Office after the late President Rosevelt, is plagued with the decisions of war that could save or cost a thousand lives. He is then confronted with the nuclear weapons project, which he approves. As tension ensues (although it is difficult to get into this because most know the end) Truman must make the devastating desicion to use the bomb of all bombs. After some delivering japanese performances, Truman must force suffering on the japanese people again in order to end the war.
Keywords: american-soldier, archive-footage, atomic-bomb, b-29, bomber, decision, destruction-of-city, hiroshima-japan, historical-reenactment, nuclear-weaponActors: Ivica Vidovic (actor), Milena Dravic (actress), Miodrag Andric (actor), Dusan Makavejev (writer), Dusan Makavejev (producer), Milan Jelic (actor), Dusan Makavejev (director), Zedong Mao (actor), Nikola Milic (actor), Zoran Radmilovic (actor), Mirjana Ostojic (costume designer), Mikheil Gelovani (actor), Jagoda Kaloper (actress), Jim Buckley (actor), Dragoljub Ivkov (actor),
Plot: A dense film that cuts up footage of a primary plot of two young Yugoslavian girls, one a politico and the other a sexpot, and an affair with a visiting Russian skater. Mixing metaphors of Russia's relationship with Yugoslavia, intercut with footage and interviews with Wilhelm Reich and Al Goldstein of Screw magazine. The film applies Reich's theories of Orgone energy and analogies of Stalinism as a form of Freudian sexual repression. Also known as W.R. The Mysteries of the Organism in English subtitled version. Was banned in Yugoslavia shortly after it was made.
Keywords: 1960s, avant-garde, based-on-book, communism, communist, controversy, counter-culture, erection, experimental-film, fascismActors: Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy (actor), Fyodor Nikitin (actor), Yevgeni Lebedev (actor), Yefim Kopelyan (actor), Georgiy Teykh (actor), Bruno O'Ya (actor), Pantelejmon Krymov (actor), Nikolai Simonov (actor), Yuri Volkov (actor), Pavel Luspekayev (actor), Andro Kobaladze (actor), Stanislav Fesyunov (actor), Mikhail Papava (writer), Vladimir Vasilyev (actor), Boris Tishchenko (composer),
Genres: Biography, Drama,Actors: George M. Carleton (actor), James Carlisle (actor), Ernie Adams (actor), Monte Blue (actor), Sam Ash (actor), Eugene Borden (actor), Egon Brecher (actor), Herbert Ashley (actor), Hooper Atchley (actor), Fred Aldrich (actor), Felix Basch (actor), John Abbott (actor), Ted Billings (actor), Oliver Blake (actor), Maurice Cass (actor),
Plot: "Mission to Moscow" was made at the behest of F.D.R. in order to garner more support for the Soviet Union during WWII. It was from the book by Joseph E. Davies, former U.S. Ambassador To Russia. The movie covers the political machinations in Moscow just before the start of the war and presents Stalin's Russia in a very favorable light. So much so, that the movie was cited years later by the House Un-American Activities Commission and was largely responsible for the screenwriter, Howard Koch being Blacklisted.
Keywords: adirondack-mountains, airplane, ambassador, american-nazi, archival-footage, arrest, atrocity, ballet, banker, based-on-bookActors: Pavel Kadochnikov (actor), Nikolai Cherkasov (actor), Mikhail Zharov (actor), Stepan Krylov (actor), Nikolai Kryukov (composer), Sergei Blinnikov (actor), Nikolai Bogolyubov (actor), Mikheil Gelovani (actor), Boris Babochkin (actor), Boris Poslavsky (actor), Sergei Vasilyev (director), Sergei Vasilyev (writer), Aleksei Alekseyev (actor), Boris Dmokhovsky (actor), Georgi Vasilyev (director),
Genres: Drama, War,Actors: Nikolai Cherkasov (actor), Nikolai Kryukov (composer), Mikhail Romm (director), Nikolai Bogolyubov (actor), Mikheil Gelovani (actor), Nikolai Plotnikov (actor), Aleksei Kapler (writer), Vladimir Solovyov (actor), Nikolai Okhlopkov (actor), Vasili Vanin (actor), Leonid Lyubashevsky (actor), Vladimir Pokrovskiy (actor), Nikolai Svobodin (actor), Aleksandr Khokhlov (actor), Aleksandr Shatov (actor),
Genres: Drama,