A documentary about the disabled WWII veterans

[Alina Israeli]

>Has anybody seen or heard about a Russian documentary made in the late
>1980s during glasnost about a sanitarium of WWII veterans, most of whom
>were severely damaged, for example, having no arms and legs at all, and
>who were separated from society not to upset others with their appearances
>and had to live on an island, I think one of Solovetzkie ostrova. The
>title may even refer to Solovetzkie ostrova.

Don't know the film, but the island was Valaam. I actually have been there
and saw the hidden away people. There is a feature film where the issue
appears: it's in "Terpenie", the disabled vet is played by Batalov.

__________________________
 Alina Israeli
 LFS, American University
 4400 Mass. Ave., NW
 Washington, DC 20016

 phone:    (202) 885-2387
 fax:      (202) 885-1076 

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