Savoniha: A Siberian "Old Believer"
1996 · 32 min
Savoniha belongs to the “Old Believers,” a sect of the Russian Orthodox Church that was exiled to Buryatia, Siberia, a few centuries ago. Since then, they never ceased to be persecuted. Savoniha, who was 95 years old when this documentary was filmed, witnessed Stalin’s anti-religious campaign, losing her father, one of the main spiritual representatives of the Siberian Old Believers.
- Director
- Costanzo Allione
- Released
- January 1, 1996
- Language
- English
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