Turn Your Body to the Sun
2021, Russian. Directed by Aliona van der Horst.
The incredible life story of a Soviet soldier of Tatar descent who was captured by the Nazis during WWII. Today, his daughter Sana is tracing the path of her silent father, trying to understand what made him the man she knew as a child, through his diaries, as well as various personal and public archives and registries. As she accompanies Sana in her journey, filmmaker Aliona van der Horst excavates film archives, to find traces of those millions of Soviet soldiers who were caught in the crossfire of fighting between dictators, who were there but were easily left out of the narrative of the global war.
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- 1h 33m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- Russian
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Turn Your Body to the Sun is streaming on True Story in India.
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- Released
- 20 November 2021
- Country
- Netherlands
- Written by
- Aliona van der Horst
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Turn Your Body to the Sun runs 93 minutes (1h 33m).
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Turn Your Body to the Sun is streaming on True Story in India. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed Turn Your Body to the Sun?
Turn Your Body to the Sun (2021) was directed by Aliona van der Horst.