One Word of Truth
- Synopsis
- Based on Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s Nobel Prize lecture. Prison camp sequences shot in Lapland, works of art and newsreel footage dramatise many issues facing mankind such as the differing scale of values in the world, the use of terrorism and violence, the relevance of art and literature and the role of the individual.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. VHS. sd. col. 29 min.
- Year of production
- 1981-2
- Availability
- Hire
Sale - Documentation
- The full text of the speech, with Russian and English on facing pages, is available from the Anglo-Nordic Trust priced separately.
- Uses
- Introductory humanities courses; theory of art and literature.*
- Subjects
- English language and literature
- Keywords
- Solzhenitsyn, Alexander
Credits
- Director
- Peter J Sisam
- Producer
- Ailsa Hamilton; Finn Harald Wettefors; Harry Howlett
- Contributor
- Dmitri Shostakovich; George A Howe
- Cast
Tom Courtenay
Production Company
Distributor
- Name
National Education Video Library
- Contact
- John Lovell
- tryfannevl@aol.com
- Phone
- 01286 676001 or 07768 105467
- Fax
- 01286 676001
- Address
- Arfon House
Bontnewydd
Caernarvon
Gwynned
LL54 7UN - Notes
- Formerly the National Audio Visual (Aids) Library. No longer holds 16mm material. Retains the negatives and copyright to the EFVA material, but have no viewing copies. Video only. (1/97) Alternative address might be Arfon House, Bontnewydd, Caernarvon, Gwynned LL54 7UN Telephone/Fax 01286 676001
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