His Name was Robeson

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Documentary

Overview

The film tells about a previously unknown episode of Paul Robeson’s biography — a secret conversation in 1949 in a room at the Moscow Hotel with the Jewish poet Itzik Feffer, who told Robeson the circumstances of Mikhoels' death. Paul Robeson Jr. shares his memories, having learned about this secret just before the death of his father, and it is the first time he tells the filmmakers about it.

Keywords

moscow
russia
jewish
documentary
political documentary
documentary film
josef stalin
spirituals
moscow hotel
moscow, russia

Details

Status: Released
Release date: March 9, 1998
Original language: Russian
Spoken languages: english, spanish, mandarin, german, PORTUGUESE, russian, french
Countries: Russia
Production: REN TV
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
Homepage: Official site
IMDb: tt15206398