Koryo Saram the Unreliable People (2007)

60 min★ 7.7 · 17 votes

• Documentary

Koryo Saram (the Soviet Korean phrase for Korean person) tells the harrowing saga of survival in the open steppe country and the sweep of Soviet history through the eyes of these deported Koreans, who were designated by Stalin as an "unreliable people" and enemies of the state. Through recently uncovered archival footage and new interviews, the film follows the deportees' history of integrating into the Soviet system while working under punishing conditions in Kazakhstan, a country which became a concentration camp of exiled people from throughout the Soviet Union.

Release date

January 10, 2007

Country of origin

United States, Kazakhstan

Music

Pooh Johnston, Jin Hi Kim

Budget

$150,000