Cannibal Island

The Nazino Tragedy

2009•1h 15m

DocumentaryHistory

A disturbing chapter in Russian history is explored in this documentary. In 1933, Joseph Stalin sent 6000 "unwanted" citizens of Moscow and Leningrad to a desolate Siberian island - with no food or clothes to speak of. Decades later this documentary returns to the island.

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Kilaohm Productions

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Cast

Fabrice Pierre

Ivan Portman / Narrator (voice)

Natalia Dufraisse

Taissia Chokavera

Andrei Zayats

Vassili Velichko

Anton Yakovlev

Dimitri Zepkov

Anton Kuznetsov

Kubulaiev

Boris Trenin

Self

Nicolas Werth

Self

Vadim Maksheev

Self

Vasily Khanevich

Self

Nikita Petrov

Self

Joseph Stalin

Self (archive footage)

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