Film

Isaac Babel. The Fatal Triangle

Исаак Бабель. Роковой треугольник

When the collection of short stories by I.E.Babel "Konarmiya" was published, S.M. Budyonny became one of its first readers. The "horse army" infuriated him. Budyonny called the essays slanderous speculation and threatened to personally hack Babel with a saber. Defending the writer, Gorky wrote: "He showed the fighters of the First Cavalry better, more truthfully than Gogol — Zaporozhtsev." The writer was saved that time. But on May 16, 1939, no one could help Babel anymore. The writer was arrested. He ended up in the most terrible NKVD prison, Sukhanovskaya. Few people managed to get out alive.…

Regie

Виктор Кукушкин

Drehbuch

Александр Громов

Status

Veröffentlicht

Veröffentlichung

12/09/2006

Originalsprache

Russisch