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The K Effect. Stalin's Editor

Valenti Figueres Jorge
Spain, 2012, 129 min.

In Spanish with English subtitles.

Festival Grand Prize

Through archival footage, this unusual experimental film reveals the curious and amazing story of Maxim, an actor, forger, Hollywood producer, instigator of the revolution, and Stalin's film editor. The film takes viewers through the most significant events of the 20th century, an era of promised utopias and horrible nightmares. 

Category: Documentary, Experimental, Drama.
Themes: Politics, Historical, Biography, World Cinema.

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