You Speak of Prague: The Second Trial of Artur London

You Speak of Prague: The Second Trial of Artur London

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 15, 1971

Runtime

0h 31m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

62%

Original Title

On vous parle de Prague : Le Deuxième Procès d'Artur London

Director

Chris Marker

Description

Artur London was arrested in 1951 in a Stalinist purge, imprisoned and tortured for two years and forced to confess in the Slansky Trial, one of the last Stalinist "show trials" in Eastern Europe. The documentary explores some of the reasons for the controversy aroused by Costa-Gavras' The Confession, which had been accused of being anti-communist, and it highlights the political importance of filmmaking which, by its nature, is a fiction intended for the general public.