History 52’ 75’

Cannibal Island

In 1933, Stalin organizes a great "cleansing" of Moscow and Leningrad of all the citizens deemed a social nuisance. This film recounts the untold story of these 6,000 "unwanted", sent to a lost island in the middle of Siberia. Deported with no food, clothes or tools, these poor men, women and children suffered the torture of hunger until they had no choice but to devour each other...

An unbelievable and terrible story that plays like a thriller and with a tension that lasts until the end.

Direction: Cédric Condom

Production: Kilaohm Productions for Histoire TV

Languages: French, Neutral Spanish, English

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awards & festivals

MEDIMED

Official Selection
History Film Festival of Pessac (France)

Official Selection

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