#This is the police 2 varlam movie
Not surprisingly, the movie couldn't get released immediately. Years later, a woman goes to unusual lengths to reveal the truth about his handiwork. As mayor of a town in the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, he doesn't hesitate to persecute those whom he deems disloyal. The subject is a man who shares physical similarities with Hitler and Stalin, but is based on Lavrentiy Beria (one of Stalin's acolytes). This one emphasizes not only the terror visited upon the population, but the efforts to expose the truth and prevent whitewashing of those who committed the genocide. An equally important one is Tengiz Abuladze's "Repentance". A famous movie about this period is Nikita Mikhalkov's "Burnt by the Sun".
Joseph Stalin's purges were one of the most horrific chapters in Soviet history. because, more than a story about evil, it is a warning about the importance of decision. but a form of remember of people, values, sacrifices and the empty body of a dictatorship.
but, in fact, it is only a testimony about a world's survive. it is easy to discover it as a beautiful, profound, philosophical film. and the hill of the Abuladze's fight for his art. about the change and about the rules of dictatorship. a film about redemption and about memory. and not it is the subject in fact but the testimony who defines the others. using a memorable character who has the gift to seduce and horrify. a film who reflects and reminds the history of Europe. not as page from the indictment against the Communism.but as reflection of its essence. not as cold portrait of totalitarian regime. Well worth seeing-especially if you lived through this era.įor me, as viewer from East, in 1990, it was an revelation. While today it might be seen as very tame, back in the mid-1980s it must have caused the filmmakers a lot of problems-and potentially prison. And, I am sure it was not unintentional that Varlem looked much like a bloated Hitler! A very strange but daring film. Instead of this film directly attacking Stalinism, it clearly attacks these tactics on a smaller scale. Other folks all begin to confront their own part in Varlem's reign of terror. Under Christianity, he SHOULD feel guilt-and he ultimately gets to meet the Devil (this is pretty weird.and clever). The hypocrisy and evil of Valem's friends are examined as well-including one case about a man who struggles between Atheism and Christianity. Following her long tale, the story goes to the present day. At that time, he made a name for himself persecuting the innocent-and the story is about how this impacted the woman personally. At the hearing, she openly admits having done it and tells a story of long ago-when Varlem first became mayor. However, several times after the funeral, the body of this man has been taken from the crypt and placed in his yard! After the third time, they catch the woman responsible and she is taken into custody. The beloved mayor of a Georgian town, Varlem, has died and folks come to his funeral to pay their respects. The film looks almost like Dalí or Buñuel added a few touches here and there.just a few. This is not really a complaint-just an observation. While there were purges, seeing the 20th century purges carried out by knights in armor, a living statue of Justice and many other story elements are dream-like and strange. "Repentance" is a very surreal sort of film-one which has many story elements that seem dreamy and unreal while the rest of it is quite literal. It does attack the Stalinist era and mentality-but apparently those in power at the time weren't willing to allow such a film to be released. However, the government also was concerned that these complaints might lead to complaints about the current system-and this is probably why "Repentance" was banned for several years after it was filmed.
After the death of Stalin, folks in the Soviet Union were allowed to express their feelings towards his reign of terror.at least to a point.