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Maximum Penalty (2000)

Maximum Penalty poster
Original title
Den højeste straf
Directed by
Tómas Gislason
Genre
documentary film
Country
Denmark
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

In 1937, a Danish communist vanishes in the Soviet Union. Sixty-two years later, a former party leader returns to Moscow to search through Russian archives and uncover what happened. The film blends past and present as it tracks the investigation and reflects on the fear and absurdity of Stalin's terror.

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What happens

Den højeste straf er en portrætfilm fra 2000 instrueret af Tómas Gislason efter manuskript af Tómas Gislason, Ole Sohn. I 1937 forsvandt kommunisten Arne Munch-Petersen i Sovjetunionen. 62 år senere vender den tidligere leder af Danmarks kommunistiske parti Ole Sohn tilbage til Moskva for at undersøge hans skæbne. "Den højeste straf" er en usædvanlig dokumentarfilm: En konkret rejse med Ole Sohn på detektivarbejde i de russiske arkiver, en historisk rejse tilbage til 30'ernes stalinistiske terrorregime, hvor tusindvis af mennesker forsvandt. Og en følelsesmæssig rejse i begreber som angst, paranoia og meningsløshed. "Den højeste straf" er en raffineret konstruktion, hvor fortid og nutid spejler hinanden. Gamle og nye optagelser er mikset i en virtuos montage, hvor sovjetisk propaganda-æstetik og moderne grafisk design går op i en højere enhed. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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