The Soviet Story (2008)

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“The Soviet Story” is a story of an Allied power, which helped the Nazis to fight Jews and which slaughtered its own people on an industrial scale. Assisted by the West, this power triumphed on May 9th, 1945. Its crimes were made taboo, and the complete story of Europe’s most murderous regime has never been told. Until now...

• Released: 2008-04-09
• Genres: Documentary, War, History
• Runtime: 1h 26m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 7.2/10 from 41 votes

Directed by Edvīns Šņore.

Top cast

• Jon Strickland as Narrator
• Vladimir Lenin as Self (archive footage)
• Alfred Rosenberg as Self (archive footage)
• Adolf Hitler as Self (archive footage)
• Joseph Goebbels as Self (archive footage)
• Hermann Göring as Self (archive footage)
• George Bernard Shaw as Self (archive footage)
• Mikhail Gorbachev as Self (archive footage)
• Joseph Stalin as Self (archive footage)

Full cast & crew

Where to watch The Soviet Story

• United States: watch free on Kanopy; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store
• United Kingdom: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
• Canada: rent on Apple TV Store; buy on Apple TV Store
• Australia: rent on Apple TV Store; buy on Apple TV Store

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