The director who made Stalin cry — then nearly vanished forever.
Documentary about the Soviet film director and his changing fortunes during the Stalin years.
Direction
Brunkovsky weaves Forman's reverence with painful archival gaps.
Production
Rare footage rescued from deliberate neglect.
Director
Alexander Brunkovsky
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Donskoy's 1944 film 'Rainbow' was the only movie Stalin ever publicly admitted moved him to tears — a vulnerability that may have doomed it.
Forman's participation wasn't mere celebrity gloss; as a Czech who fled Soviet influence, he recognized Donskoy's impossible position intimately.
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