Television, drug of the nation

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itsbruce

Possibly of interest to some, assessment of the film by somebody who used to work in the USSR's propaganda ministry.

The most genuine of them all are the uniformed MGB/NKVD officers. I have never seen in any foreign film such a brilliant depiction of men who combined the surly, brutal composure of professional executioners with the permanent expectation of a swift, and often painful, death from their own bosses (or just the guy next to them).

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owl in reply to @itsbruce

Was it the historical accuracy that had you snort-laughing?

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itsbruce in reply to @owl

Being a history nerd with a keen interest in that era, I was one of the people thinking "Hang on, Zhukov was in political exile at this point". But not caring much because it wasn't a documentary and I thought it was funny.

Did you even read the linked review? It didn't exactly call it historically accurate. I shared it for those genuinely interested, not to try to win an argument about how funny or not the film is.

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