Stalin's Last Plot
Seen it?2011 | Documentary, History, TV Movie
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for the curious and history buffs. If you loved They Shall Not Grow Old or The Look of Silence, start here.
- The mood
- Eye-opening.
- The pace
- Moves along nicely.
- What might put you off
- It's in French, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
January 1953: On the eve of his death Stalin finds himself yet another imaginary enemy: Jewish doctors. He organizes the most violent anti-Semitic campaign ever launched in the USSR, by fabricating the "Doctors' Plot," whereby doctors are charged with conspiring to murder the highest dignitaries of the Soviet Regime. Still unknown and untold, this conspiracy underlines the climax of a political scheme successfully masterminded by Stalin to turn the Jews into the new enemies of the people. It reveals his extreme paranoia and his compulsion to manipulate those around him. The children and friends of the main victims recount for the first time their experience and their distress related to these nightmarish events.
How it earned its rating
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- AudiencesNot counted
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- AwardsNot counted
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- Reach & staying powerWeak
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
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Cast & crew
Directed by Philippe Saada
- Patrick FloersheimNarrator (voice)
- Jonathan BrentSelf - Historian
- Joseph StalinSelf (archive footage)
- Vyacheslav MolotovSelf (archive footage)
- Natalya RapoportSelf - Daughter of doctor Yacov Rapoport
- Gennady KostyrchenkoSelf - Historian
- Yakov EtinguerSelf - Son of doctor Yakov Etinguer
- Nikita PetrovSelf - Historian
- Lavrentiy BeriaSelf (archive footage)
- Georgi MalenkovSelf (archive footage)