Magadan - City Built On Bones (doc. film with eng. subs)
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- Опубліковано 6 січ 2019
- "The city of Magadan is located in northeastern Siberia, and is the gateway to the Kolyma region, a gold-rich area where the inhuman labor camps of the Gulag system were concentrated under Lenin and Stalin It is an anonymous cemetery made of asphalt, and the movie is about survivors and their descendants telling of the brutal atrocities.When the Gulag ended, prisoners and guards often lived side by side in what today numbers 95,000 City, separated and linked by the memory of the dark period of repression, but the political and social freedom that took possession of Russia in the 1990s is on the decline, in discussions with young Russians, the director meets a generation that supports the authoritarian regime of Putin, a new worship of Stalin is spreading and with it a new look."
2016 "Magadan - city built on bones"
Documentary
77:00 minutes
2K, Dolby Digital 5.1, DCP
Color & black and white
A production by the ifs, international film school cologne
Book & Director: Christian Zipfel
Producer: Nikolaas Meinshausen
Camera: Björn Weber
Co-director: Roman Moshenskiy
Cut: Maren Unterburger
Music: Christian Dellacher
Shooting location: Magadan [Kolyma, Siberia]
Language: Russian
Subtitles: German, English - Фільми й анімація
Aunts and uncles and cousins of my parents died in these gulags. My father left with his parents in 1926 and mother and her parents in 1929; the latter were in one of the very last trains that was allowed to cross through the "Red Gate.' So many were never seen or heard from again. That was decades in the past, but it is so painful for me to think about the ones left behind and what they endured. At this point it is important to remember and learn. It is videos like these that help bring this lost and forgotten past to light. Thanks for this.
This is a masterfully shot piece, the personal accounts will stick with me for a long time. I tip my hat to everyone who worked on it, you deserve more recognition.
Beautiful beautiful,cold relax you IN DEEP THOUGHTs,memory of human condition is fortitude
Was born here in the early 90s and thank my parents every time I get a chance that they had enough courage to leave and start a new life in america.
Im born into WEALTH
#LAPPLAND closest to tundra that appeals to me🇨🇦🇨🇦🖤
The lady of my father, since more of ten years, is form Magadan and also she lived there those years! Respect from Naples
Right on. My grandparents left there in 97, I was 6 years old when they braught me to the states before I even learned the history on my city.
Welcome to America!
Welches großartiges Meisterwerk einer sehr wichtigen Dokumentation, die das Grausame im Menschen offenbart und das unsägliche Leiden derer, aufzeichnet! Danke fürs Hochladen!
Remarkable, so quietly impactful. The nighttime business related in the opening scene was just one of hundreds of vignettes that can be found in Solzhenitsyn's books, but it stuck with me so banal and so creepy, and years later I instantly recognize it here. For the life of me I cannot understand how the soviet regime was so long-lived and successful in an otherwise european country, but the vast expanse of asia beyond the volga must be part of it. This and similar material turning up on youtube is certainly illuminating.
Books is Verbatim
No way i was thinking
Yoga (sheer) pants under scorching red sky
This is a fascinating documentary, well done! The philosopher-artist is wonderful to listen to. Surprisingly, it turns out that he is a Putin admirer. The lady who served 9 years is so alone, so sad. She is gentle, yet tells her truth...I feel for her. The "military arts" instructor in the last 1/3 of the film is teaching paranoia to his young students. His strange, high-pitched voice isn't the only creepy thing about him.
Bless the tormented survivors and their children and grandchildren. Bless those who did not survive, they had to die to be free. 🌱🌿🍃
Yep, my jaw dropped when he said he admired Putin, but it was so interesting that he connected admiration for a strong leader with the cultural mindset of Rissians. All of the early Tsarist era Dostoevsky I've read had a flavour of gulag era Solzhenitsyn when it comes to the character of the people, so it is little surprise that the yearning for a strong leader is widespread across age groups, although the guys in the canteen had a very sanitised view of the gulags and the reasons for people being there. The sweet old woman's daughter who chided her that she must have committed a crime to end up in a labour camp, unaware of how trivial a thing could be a crime in the Stalin era. That her trust in the administration is greater than for the word of her mother.
In so much that I have read and watched, there is this constant belief running through Russians of the Soviet times, that they were the most advanced technological society on earth. I have noticed that until relatively recently, a lot of Russian engineering had an art deco tinge to it's design aesthetics and have wondered if because Stalin did away with all the free thinkers and intellectuals who would not think in the 'proper' manner, he halted the progress of art, and thus the whole movement of design as well. Russia is fascinating, I would love to go there and stay with real people to get to know it.
@@justsomebloke6784 Thanks for your thoughtful comment! If you want to dig deeply into gulag history and life inside, the indispensable book is Gulag, by Anne Applebaum. Spectacular research and.writing by a brilliant historian.
I worked with several Russian immigrants in San Francisco. Some didn' t want to know too much about the Stalin terror, and I had the feeling they didn't think they could bear it. One was a Ukranian Jew actually, and few suffered more than Ukranians under Stalin.
@@diane9247 I think I've heard that book referenced a few times now, ebay is your friend lol. I have read Marchenko and most of Solzhenitsyn, including the first two volumes of Gulag Archipelago. I have also read most of Dostoevsky, all three writers show a gene deep difference in thought process to Westerners, and it is almost like reading books from another planet
I find Russia in general fascinating and have watched dozens of videos on all sorts of subjects Russian. I like the people, and the geography is amazing. It would seem that people who remember post-Stalin Communism remember it fondly and curse capitalism because the corruption is now on steroids, causing serious poverty and unavailability of basic needs.
I'm not a lover of unfettered capitalism or dictator led communism, but it seems as if humans are extreme creatures, ever striving for improvement while planting the seeds of their own destruction on the way.
Perhaps he is a eunuch
Putin save RUSSIA from itself,encroachment fiesta started and was almost inside,Revert to motherland was the only alternative to Gravity unchecked .choice was made,strong FATIGUE of strong man,the brave will surpass so called DEMOCRACY train?Gates close * average dont see extravagant life
You ever visited ussr
Once you leave train stations its hard.
1 PLY ALL YOU GET
NO STOOL,to cry😉
thanks for this documentary, great work!
Danke für hochladen
cheers from patikraja, indonesia
My heart goes out to all of these people - I wish I could give them back their life
Wow. This is a great film. It's eye opening.
Amazing docu
Thanks!
Wonderful documentary!
Great reportage. Thanks
I am from the US, so english subs are very much appreciated.
Google analytics show that more than 40 percent of viewers of this film are from the United States. I do not know why.
@@westeast5063 we have a small but vocal minority in the US who thinks that communism is a good idea and are actively engaging in apologia for the Soviet Union. We even have news articles that tell us the gulags weren't that bad... I suspect there is a hunger for this type of film and information.
@@mrspeigle1I've noticed this myself. For me these films literally show the viewer the lasting impact of Communism. I wouldn't wish it on anybody.
@@magdelen1123 yeah, every time I meet some scrawny deeb wearing a Che Guevara shirt i have to supress the urge to strangle.
@@mrspeigle1 Yeah, Che Guevara shirt fans, some of them are just maybe ignorants, don't know much about history.
white color subtitles on white backgroud?
Still hate IT dont you
You wishing subject move,no,no to the left
Once outside the city, what a wonderful yet also desolate land in which to be lonely.
And such a shame that so much heartbreak, despair and death should be caused here.
But some of the views of the youths/young adults are plain scary. Hell- talk about "forgetting the past" - they never learned it in the first place. From 57 ;00 mins.
Yes, they studied, but very superficially. The topic is controversial. And their opinion is based on what they have heard from others in many ways. This was the most difficult interview when you are interested in this opinion, but inside you do not agree with this.
thank you for reminding us about these people and times of the Gulag country
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it is never too late to be aware of things in the past to watch for the future
unfortunately almost 100 years past and the world is the same (uyghuri, korean and still russian brainwashed are living in the same gulags to mention a few)...an looks they are ready to serve the God/supreme leader no matter the lifes they have to crush for that, even though the leader proves to be a criminal...really really sorry for those lost souls
there must be a balance somewhere where everything you do you get back but we are too little to see
Thanks again !
It's true. I think this is a biological instinct - an internal desire to follow the alpha male, which allows others to relieve themselves of responsibility for their own lives. But I also think that the world is changing. People are becoming more conscious. In Russia, this happens with a long delay in comparison with the rest of the civilized world. But this is happening.
@@westeast5063 I don't think these people are uncivilized. Sadly, yes, these people in Magadan seem to be stuck in Soviet Union, still no reason to call them uncivilized. They could have moved out, as many did. Magadan as far as I'm aware had almost twice as much residents in Soviet times. But they made their choice. I believe this could be compared to communists and neo-communists here in Serbia. One could call them masochists. Not to mention there are many such "different" communities in many western countries.
when i saw granny nicking some candy and biscuits i remembered my childhood, when this was the only way to get something sweet for the kids. grown-ups frequently took some candy or something when they had work parties or something similar. there were no excess money to buy them but if it was offered my gran would always spare some for me.
She was eyeing the plate often before the snatch. 11:59 12:15 12:23 She definitely planned and executed well. The lady across from her sitting on the end consumed continuously. She definitely lived for the moment.
Excellent documentary
Good documentary.
I pray we can learn from our mistakes.
For family and friends must remember
Enlightening!
Very good documentary.
Russia it seems will never recover from the impoverished, non-challenging Soviet mind set. Slava!
Yes, it looks like this. But nothing lasts forever. There is still hope for change)
Oh, yes, it WILL, my Friend! It WILL! Just as my country - Poland - was able to put communism behind - the SAME will happen in Russia. Maybe then finally all Slavic people will finally realize what we truly are: - i.e: BROTHERS and SISTERS and - if we ever develop a UNIFIED CONSCIOUSNESS (which - GRANTED! - it is a BIG "IF") - then NOBODY will EVER DARE TO FUCK WITH US EVER AGAIN!! Communism laid us back 200 centuries!
@@2serveand2protect I love Poland. Although I was in Warsaw only.
Will never recover with the new Stalin in power, King Putin.
Russia survived this and is moving on. But Poland, Lithuania and Latvia are still in the dream of the Soviet Union.
Warlam Schalamov, don‘t forget HIM and his stories about Kolyma!
very cool thanks
My only complaint about this film is the lack of contrast in the subtitles
The Home Of Sergei the monster of Magadan. RIP
Those young people worry me.
"There was no crime"?
What _utter_ crap!
The belief that Stalinist terror was somehow _necessary,_ particularly amongst younger people is genuinely concerning. That a generation can have such a tenuous grasp on their own history doesn't bode well for their country's future.
Sadly, it isn't only young Russians that suffer from this disconnection. Somehow, though, it's more disappointing when you consider what that society has been through in the last century.
If German kids start growing up as clueless, there'll be real trouble.
Right you are.
Even here in Serbia, there are still many that support and supported old communist regime in Yugoslavia. It wasn't as bad as Soviet Union, but there were still labour camps alike on deserted islands east of Croatia. But the part about crime is true, people were more afraid of UDBA(KGB equivalent) than criminals.
23:28 Wassilij was a difficult man to interview. At least the students got a good time from it.
it’s true, all characters were over 80 years old, age and traumatic past had an impact.
I couldn't laugh at someone else's misery, while enjoying life. But hey,I hope that none of them will have to live through the same shit as their ancestors.
"Mama, if you were innocent they wouldn't have jailed you". That is savage on the part of her daughter, and not in a good way.
For any one that want to know more about the Gulags accounts I got two books 📚
1. Kolyma Tales by Varlam Shalamov
2. Man is wolf to man by Janusz Bardach and Kathleen Gleeson
May this books help you understand
Better the Horrific life in the Gulags.
Even now the place looks like a frozen hell.
COVID 19 is negligible compared to what til people have endured. Good documentary. Respect
its a town where putin and his entourage should live during 6 months every year in a very '' russian building''
ahaha, this is very funny. absolutely agree.
Putin knows their reality, don 't believe, CNN propaganda.
Ask a nazi only vacation in davids yard
27:16 ugh *is this a talent show or a place of mourning?!* who thought that was a good idea?!
I moved my family to Magadan in 1992. We lived there for five and a half years. The four kids (ages 5 to 10) went to Russian school. We moved there from Whitehorse Yukon Canada. Magadan is on the same parallel as Whitehorse and Anchorage Alaska. We chartered a cargo plane from Anchorage to Magadan. The Russians sent over an AN12 cargo plane, it is a copy of a Hercules aircraft. It is about 2000 miles. We sold popcorn and Canola oil to survive. It was a great adventure. The weather is about the same as Whitehorse. We sold about a hundred tons of popped popcorn and a thousand tons of Canola oil.
Amazing story. So you traded foods with Russia!
Did you notice the Gulag history?
You cannucks are a strange breed.
Opening (scene)cold?Shrunk my fortitude
I saw a single photo of Magadan and knowing nothing about it became captivated.
1:13:23 is that a Suhoj?
Absolutely impossible to read the subtitles...
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Those kids dancing
Me: what the fuhck is that weird shet.
Grandpa got 12 years for article 58 never rehabilitated
58/10 or 58/11...?
Amazing documentary and great work, thanks for sharing. Its good that today's Russia is growing. I really want to visit Russia 1 day. Russia has suffered alot, may be that's what is written in fate, we should learn lessons from history. I hope that beautiful smile always remains on every Russian face like those cute little girls dancing in the video.
I think this is an interesting country to visit. After many years of isolation, Russians still regard foreigners as exotic. And I think that the more people from other countries will come to Russia, the more Russians will be able to learn new things, to better understand how one can live differently.
Soviet Socialism is still very strong in Magadan culture even after the fall in 89.
no
Ahhh so this 1:40 is the true sound of Tetrisvodka
When original record?
2014
guess which one is me.... the best looking one
That teacher sounds like the old man in family guy!
She called that guy a camp informant. Maybe its true but who am I to judge a man for wanting and trying to survive however he can. I can't judge him. Just because he survived?
I suppose maybe only she can judge him as she experienced it also. But she lived too -- should we then ask who she sold out in order that she survive? I dont think that's fair either.
i seem to remember that the population in russia is decreasing anyway...and that the people who live in siberia all want to move to the european part?...this is one of the reasons why i feel the culture is trying to perserve its “masculine” identity...stability is another word = stagnation, preservation, tradition...(its all the same tbh)
also because the economy is not doing well
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i am from china and i feel it has a similiar mentality here
The population of Russia is decreasing in the eastern part. There is a very big difference in the level of development of the northeastern regions and cities such as Moscow and St. Petersburg. In the capital, the standard of living is several times higher. And the climate is more comfortable. The economy is too weak to keep such a large area in order. In terms of mentality, Russia is somewhere between Europe and China. Because there is influence from both the East and the West.
So much for remembering and never again business. It's happening over and over right now by the Russian model and no one wants to know or remember
I wonder Why are you afraid of personal freedom? It does not take anything away from you if your neighbor choose to live differently from you. Freedom does not mean a right to exploit on others freedom.
I think people are not accustomed to freedom in this country, do not know what it is and how to use it. All hope is for the new generation.
My grandparents were from here, moved to the states in late 90s, lots of interesting and unreal stories. For some reason no one there was worried pronouns or any of the other 50+ genders.
Those brainwashed teens in the cafeteria, though.
59:20 Based.
Literally whole Soviet empire was built on bones, and a bit of western help. :-) You know how they say: you just cannot build an utopia without concentration camps and valute dollars. Victimizing gulag prisoners is easy, but It also takes interest from other victims, which were and still are omnipresent.
Anyway, this piece is pretty well shot. Props up to the authors. Though the translation sucks ass - can anyone explain this old red haired lady and her Banderite fantasies? Its literally nonsense.
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Have to read the sub titles and try to see the pictures at the same time? Always bores me.....Good tour though...just get an interpreture..
Interesting subject and interviews, but way, Way too slow editing!
as slow as life there) this is an author's documentary for film festivals
Stalin was worse than Hitler at the end of the day.
This is too strong statement. Stalin did not burn people just to "cleanse the planet."
@@westeast5063 I suggest that you go and learn a little bit more about Stalin, and then come back.
@@stevenhearnden66 I was born and raised in Russia. My grandparents lived under Stalin. I filmed interviews with victims of Stalinist repression in this film. For this reason, I am not sure that you know more about Stalin than I do.
Thanks for taking my last comment off. 40 million dead, enemies of the state. That's uncle Joseph for you. 😂
@@stevenhearnden66 First, there are no reliable sources confirming the number of victims of Stalin's repressions. Therefore, 40 million is unreliable information. Secondly, I am not saying that Stalin is a good person. This can be seen in the film. I say that your statement that Stalin is worse than Hitler is a very strange statement. We can say that he is about the same.
YT loves to censuring comments, just same mentality as Stalin did in Sovjetsky!
The white hell of Communism.
auswits is only a little boy far form russia-n gulag
Stop attacking Russia, take a look to your own yard. What you have done in Irak, Syria , Libia and the list goes on is shameful.
oh really?and russia in syria have made a paradise?haha
Для меня как для со-автора - это как раз попытка разобраться в своём дворе. Это моя страна, мой дом. Имею право.
@@westeast5063 Too much hate, cold war is bad. Yankees what they don't understand they fear. I respect your country. My reply is against the one who take advantage looking for non-russian interest. Middle east conflict is full of hate, they live to hate. Hate is irrelevant. Better understanding leads to acceptance.
@@westeast5063 вы очень хорошо справились с менее чем приятным прошлым Магадана и его светлым будущим, баланс, хотя иногда и странный и сдержанный; охранников и тех, кого они охраняли, живут вместе и общаются друг с другом, работая вместе и т. д. Из того, что я узнал, от «врага народа» трудно избавиться, особенно в старших поколениях, которые пережили террор и великую отечественную войну .
Who's attacking Russia? Stalin and the gulag system, not to mention the deliberately made famines are far worse than anything in Syria and Lybia