A dead poet's words smuggled from Stalin's gulag — would you dare read them?
This somber drama chronicles the writings of Paltiel Kossover (Michel Jonasz), a Rumanian Jew who was incarcerated in a Stalinist prison. Zupanev (Erland Josephson) is a sympathetic court registrar who smuggles the documents and later presents them to the poet's son Grisha (Vincent David).
Acting
Jonasz's haunted eyes speak volumes through prison bars.
Writing
Wiesel's source novel bleeds through every frame.
Director
Frank Cassenti
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