eqhd Documentaries

While the world knows of the KGB spies and agents who crossed over to the West, few know of this tale of secret dissention from within. There is one officer, Viktor Orekhov, who went from repression of dissidents to joining their cause. After months and months of searching, the filmmaker tracked down Orekhov and now brings his story to the world. Illustrated with the unique testimonies of Viktor Orekhov, now 65, archives and accurately re-enacted sequences, the documentary tells the story of a man who braved an impenetrable system and dared to challenge the KGB.

In 1958, nine years after coming to power, Mao launched a program of industrialization called the "Great Leap Forward" intended to take China out of its almost medieval state of under-development. Poor planning and mismanagement plunged the country into economic chaos which caused an unprecedented famine and a death toll around 45 million. Based on previously unheard testimony by survivors, rare archive footage, secret documents and interviews with the leading historians on this catastrophe, this film provides a new insight into this folly.