Grigori ILUGDIN
Григорий ИЛУГДИН
Grigori ILOUGDINE
Russia, 2014, 45mn 
documentary
The Blockade. When He Healed Only Compassion
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Блокада. Когда исцеляло только сострадание

 

 Le Blocus. Quand la compassion était le seul remède.

 Blokada. Kogda iscelialo tolko sostradanie

 
Directed by : Grigori ILUGDIN (Григорий ИЛУГДИН)
Writing credits : Sergey BARABANOV (Сергей БАРАБАНОВ)
Cinematography : Egor ANTONOV (Егор АНТОНОВ)
Produced by : Grigori ILUGDIN (Григорий ИЛУГДИН)
Production : Компания МИРИАМ–МЕДИА. MIRIAM-MEDIA Studio
 
Plot synopsis
The film is based on medical personnel’s war-diaries from the Military Medical Academy’s archive in Saint-Petersburg: notes by doctors and nurses, official reports from hospitals, records of blood tests, surgeries, and deaths. The contributors of the film are veterans of the Second World War – former doctors, nurses, and patients. Their stories are truthful accounts of one of the most dreadful tragedies in the history of the war.
 
Selected in the following festivals or events :
- War in contemporary Russian cinema, (kinoglaz.fr), 2025
- Annual Independent Russian-American Documentary Film Festival in New York​ (Tribeca), New York (USA), 2014