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One Word of Truth (Dutch)

Original title:
Nobel Prize winner, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's speech which he was not allowed to deliver.

With music by Shostakovich, prison-camps sequences, works of art and historic newsreel footage, the film, narrated by Tom Courtenay, dramatizes contemporary issues such as the differing scales of values in the world, the link between violence and lies, the relevance and power of art and literature, and the crucial role of the individual.In 1970 Solzhenitsyn was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. The following year, before his expulsion from the Soviet Union, he wrote his Nobel Prize Lecture. This film illustrates this lecture. With music by Shostakovich, prison-camps sequences, works of art and historic newsreel footage, the film, narrated by Tom Courtenay, dramatizes contemporary issues such as the differing scales of values in the world, the link between violence and lies, the relevance and power of art and literature, and the crucial role of the individual.

Film language

Dutch

Original title
Film length
27 min
Film type
Location of copies of DVD/Video
Publishing permission
Niet vastgesteld
Publishing permission refers to the rights of FANW to publish the full video content of this film on this website.
Film language

Dutch

Original title
Film length
27 min
Film type
Location of copies of DVD/Video
Publishing permission
Niet vastgesteld
Publishing permission refers to the rights of FANW to publish the full video content of this film on this website.