One year after the screening of at the first International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam, its sequel will be shown. The makers of the documentary had two reasons to make . The continuing 'glasnost' enabled them to expose a number of yet undiscussed matters. The other reason was the request for a sequel by many thousands of people that had seen on television. Obviously, people in the Soviet Union have a need to know more about the past.
During World War II, Stalin was still called 'Uncle Joe' and 'Father Stalin', but later appreciation of him rapidly diminished, at home and abroad. The lowest point has been reached, now that Barschevsky puts him in the dock next to Hitler in .
A western diplomat who saw this film on Russian television said: