An archival chronicle with restored black-and-white footage of one of the infamous Moscow Trials, which took place in 1930 — at the time, an operatic affair serving to legitimize Stalin’s government, now a timely reminder of the consequences of total authority.
THE TRIAL
by Sergei Loznitsa
Netherlands, 2018, 127 minutes
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