Pyotr Alexeyev disappeared in 1937 from his daughter Era’s life. At the height of Stalin’s purges, he was arrested and transported to a labour camp where he died during the war. Era and her granddaughter Katya try to understand Pyotr's fate, with the letters he wrote from the camp as their starting point.

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PYOTR - LETTERS FROM THE GULAG
The Netherlands 2008
Russian with English or Dutch subtitles
documentary / 25:40 min / 16mm transferred to HD / Color and B&W / 16:9 / Dolby Digital 2.0 and 5.1

CREDITS
Directed and written by: Jan Jaap Kuiper
Producer: Rosan Boersma
Camera: Mick van Dantzig
Sound & mixing: Thijs van der Vliet
Editor: Tim Wijbenga
Production Russia: Katja Sokolova
Voice-over: Maxim Shaposhnikov

Broadcaster: Human
Poster design: Anne Marie van Warmerdam

This film was made in collaboration with Human and with support of Cinemien.

This film was shot by Jan Jaap at the Dutch Film and Television Academy (NFTA) as part of his documentary course - copyright belongs to the NFTA.