Cannibal Island (2009) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

Release, runtime and language

2009 · 75 mins · French

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Directed by

Cédric Condom

Starring

Joseph Stalin, Anton Kuznetsov, Anton Yakovlev, Andrei Zayats, Fabrice Pierre, Natalia Dufraisse

In this documentary the harrowing Nazino tragedy is examined, a little‑known episode of Stalin’s rule. In the winter of 1933 the Soviet regime forced 6,000 men, women and children deemed “unwanted” from Moscow and Leningrad onto a remote Siberian island, providing neither food nor clothing. The film revisits the site decades later, revealing its lingering scars.