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Bukovsky

Bukovsky

1977•50m•6.0/10
Documentary

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6.0/10(2)

Alan Clarke's documentary about Soviet writer and dissident Vladimir Bukovsky, who had left the Soviet Union in 1976 after years spent in their prisons and psychiatric wards. The film was completed in 1977 but never broadcast, subject only to private screenings. The documentary appears publicly for the first time as a special feature of the BFI's 'Dissent and Disruption: Alan Clarke at the BBC (1969-1989)' box set, alongside 50 minutes of outtakes.

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BFI

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Vladimir Bukovsky

Vladimir Bukovsky

Self

Alan Clarke

Alan Clarke

Self - Interviewer (voice)

Olive Dehn

Self

Viktor Fainberg

Self

Roger Lloyd Pack

Roger Lloyd Pack

Self

David Markham

Self

Jehane Markham

Self

Kika Markham

Kika Markham

Self

Tom Stoppard

Tom Stoppard

Self

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