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Directed by Frédéric Rossif, Albert Knobler, A Wall in Jerusalem leans on a strong ensemble — Georges Descrières, Bérengère Dautun, Michel Bouquet — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about documentary titles of 1968.
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“The Soviet Story” is a story of an Allied power, which helped the Nazis to fight Jews and which slaughtered its own people on an industrial scale. Assisted by the West, this power triumphed on May 9th, 1945. Its crimes were made taboo, and the complete story of Europe’s most murderous regime has never been told. Until now...
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