It brings together the coffee ask nature of the soviet union under stalin with the bakeries in horrors of world war ii.

It brings together the coffee ask nature of the soviet union under stalin with the bakeries in horrors of world war ii.  Read Less

The paranoia and stifling bureaucracy of the soviet state was displayed artfully, interweaving with the battle itself that tur...  Read More

The paranoia and stifling bureaucracy of the soviet state was displayed artfully, interweaving with the battle itself that turned the war against the germans.  Read Less

It does not spare the viewer the compromises, treachery and rationalizations that people underwent trying to live and understan...  Read More

It does not spare the viewer the compromises, treachery and rationalizations that people underwent trying to live and understand their lives and fate under the brutal dictatorship of stalin coupled with the resurgent nationalism that emerged in russia under seige.  Read Less

Reading his books would be very enlightning.

Reading his books would be very enlightning.  Read Less

Yet he shows that one mistake or misspoken word could cost your life, something not often seen in russian tv.

Yet he shows that one mistake or misspoken word could cost your life, something not often seen in russian tv.  Read Less

Grossman is an author who risked all for the sake of truth and understanding.

Grossman is an author who risked all for the sake of truth and understanding.  Read Less

Indeed, that's how people were still living even into the mid-seventies.

Indeed, that's how people were still living even into the mid-seventies.  Read Less

For americans, its an eye-opener to another world.

For americans, its an eye-opener to another world.  Read Less