Soviet Union is topic that few movies want to deal with. And we can see why. It is because artists, journalist in general, were (and are ) supporters of Stalin's regime. In their view, people were expendapble in order to build an Utopia. The story in this movie had two elements. The ruthlessness of the communist leadership, and the mpral weakness of the West, UK and USA specifically who allowed it to happen, but prefered to keep theor alliance with Josef Stalin.