Thirteen Days

Thirteen Days

Industrial Party Process

1930 · 62 min · Documentary

In 1930, during what became known as the Industrial Party Trial, some members of the Soviet technical elite were tried for plotting to form a counter-revolutionary party. This documentary depicts that trial, in which a dozen men are prosecuted for crimes against the Russian Revolution. They promptly confess and are given the chance to address the court with an explanation. Full of remorse, they plead for the opportunity to pay off their debt to society by working. Then they wait for their sentence.

Directed by Irina Venzher · Written by Mark Zeitlin

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Nikolai Krylenko Himself - Public Defender
Leonid Ramzin Himself - Accused

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