Statement of Witness
2018 52min
Writer Mikhail Prishvin kept a secret diary for almost 50 years, from 1905 to 1954. This is a unique chronicle of the life of the country, evidence of the most complex relations between the state and a person trying to understand his time. The film tells about Prishvin's trip to the White Sea Canal and an attempt to write an honest book about this construction site.
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Writer Mikhail Prishvin kept a secret diary for almost 50 years, from 1905 to 1954. This is a unique chronicle of the life of the country, evidence of the most complex relations between the state and a person trying to understand his time. The film tells about Prishvin's trip to the White Sea Canal and an attempt to write an honest book about this construction site.