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The Dmitriev Affair

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Yuri Dmitriev exhumes what the Russian rulers would rather forget. After years of searching the pine forests of Karelia in northwestern Russia, he discovers a mass grave containing thousands of people who were secretly executed during Stalin's "Great Terror" of 1937. It is not the Russian government but Yuri Dmitriev who tracks down their identities in the archives and organizes commemorations for their next of kin. Thanks to his efforts, they finally find out what happened to their lost relatives. Having himself been left at a maternity clinic as a baby, he is a man on a mission: 'Every human being has the right to know where they came from and where their family lies buried.' While abroad there is increasing recognition for this "archaeologist of terror", in Russia Dmitriev is discredited as someone collaborating with the West. Then he is arrested, on basis of a fabricated charge. Tragically accurate Dmitriev predicts his own future and that of his country.

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Synopsis Yuri Dmitriev exhumes what the Russian rulers would rather forget. After years of searching the pine forests of Karelia in northwestern Russia, he discovers a mass grave containing thousands of people who were secretly executed during Stalin's "Great Terror" of 1937. It is not the Russian government but Yuri Dmitriev who tracks down their identities in the archives and organizes commemorations for their next of kin. Thanks to his efforts, they finally find out what happened to their lost relatives. Having himself been left at a maternity clinic as a baby, he is a man on a mission: 'Every human being has the right to know where they came from and where their family lies buried.' While abroad there is increasing recognition for this "archaeologist of terror", in Russia Dmitriev is discredited as someone collaborating with the West. Then he is arrested, on basis of a fabricated charge. Tragically accurate Dmitriev predicts his own future and that of his country.
Director
Jessica Gorter
Producer
Frank van den Engel
Screenwriter
Jessica Gorter
Distributor
Icarus Films
Production Co
Zeppers
Genre
Documentary, History
Original Language
Russian
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 19, 2025
Runtime
1h 33m