The news of Stalin’s death on March 5, 1953, shocked the entire Soviet Union. The burial ceremony was attended by tens of thousands of mourners. We observe every stage of the funeral spectacle, described by Pravda newspaper as “the Great Farewell”, and receive an unprecedented access to the dramatic and absurd experience of life and death under Stalin’s reign.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 2 hr. 15 min.
- Country, year
- Netherlands, Lithuania, 2019
- Genre
- Documentary, History
- Language
- Russian
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- Pegi 13
Credits
- Director
- Sergei Loznitsa
- Screenplay
- Sergei Loznitsa
- Producers
- Sergei Loznitsa, Maria Baker-Choustova
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
Director
Sergei Loznitsa
Sergei Loznitsa has been making documentary films since 1996; 19 of them have been awarded at various festivals. Loznitsa’s feature debut My Joy (2010) premiered in the main competition at the Cannes Film Festival. In the Fog (2012) was awarded FIPRESCI prize at the 65th Festival de Cannes. His feature-length documentary Maidan (2014) had its world premiere at a Séance Special of Festival de Cannes, A Gentle Creature (2017) has been presented in Cannes’ main competition and Donbass (2018) received the prize for Best Directing of the Un Certain Regard section of the festival.
