Svetlana about Svetlana (2008)

Original title

Svetlana About Svetlana

Directed by

Lana Parshina

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

44 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A filmmaker tries to find Svetlana Alliluyeva, the daughter of Joseph Stalin. She wants to understand the story behind Alliluyeva's autobiographical book Twenty Letters to a Friend, which she read as a child.

contemplativeintrospectivepersonalhistoricalinquisitivemelancholicreflectivedocumentary-style

What happens

Svetlana about Svetlana is a 2008 film that explores the life and literary works of Svetlana Alliluyeva, Joseph Stalin's daughter. It is the story of Lana Parshina and her attempt to find Svetlana Alliluyeva and, ultimately, to find some answers to the questions about Alliluyeva's autobiographical book Twenty Letters to a Friend that Lana read when she was ten. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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