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Title The Truth About the April Revolution
Production Date 1980
Country of Production Tajikistan; USSR; Afghanistan
Duration 00:40:31
Production Company Tajikfilm Studios
Film Subject Era Post-1975
Genre Documentary
Summary A Soviet account of the 1978 April Revolution (the Saur Revolution) during which the communists took power in Afghanistan.
Original Title правда апрельской революции
Subjects Communist Party (USSR); Communism; Revolutions; Poverty; Droughts; Lifestyle; Peasants; Agriculture and farming; Counter-revolutions; Soldiers; Islam; CIA (Central Intelligence Agency); UN (United Nations); Imperialism; Chemical warfare; Civilian casualties; Industrialisation; Education; Wars; Afghans; Afghan government
Places Afghanistan; USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics); Kabul; USA (United States of America); China; Pakistan; Kunar; Ghaziabad
Fiction/Non Fiction Non Fiction
Sound Sound
Colour Format Colour
Language English (Narrator)
Module Wars & Revolutions
Copyright The British Film Institute