Russian film on Nazi atrocities set for Friday release

Blood Type, a Russian film based on the true story of Nazi atrocities at a children's concentration camp during World War II, is scheduled for release across the Chinese mainland on Friday.

Directed by Maxim Brius, the movie is based on an "orphanage" referenced in Nazi official documents from November 1943. There, underage boys and girls were starved, severely beaten, forced into labor, and kept as blood donors for German soldiers.

During the movie's Beijing premiere on Aug 30, Alexander Zharov, CEO of Gazprom-Media Holding and a representative of the film's producers, said that the movie portrays a tragic chapter in Russian history, emphasizing their duty to convey a universal message — to reject the recurrence of historical tragedies, to never forget the achievements of predecessors, and to oppose any distortion or falsification of historical facts.

Zharov added that the Chinese blockbuster Dead to Right will be released in Russia shortly, a move expected to bring the hearts of people from both countries closer together. The film is adapted from true incidents that took place in the Nanjing Massacre during the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1931-45).