Life and Fate by Vassili Grossman (2018)

01/24/2018 (FR) • 59m

Documentary, History

Overview

The convoluted and moving story of Russian writer Vassili Grossman (1905-64) and his novel Life and Fate (1980), a literary masterpiece, a monumental and epic account of life under Stalin's regime of terror, a defiant cry that the KGB tried to suffocate.

Top Billed Cast

Elsa Lepoivre

Self - Narrator (voice)

Denis Podalydès

Self - Narrator (voice)

Olga Turbina

Self - Archivist

Fedor Guber

Self - Grossman's Son

Alexis Berelowitch

Self - Grossman's Translator

Ekaterina Korotkova-Grossman

Self - Grossman's Daughter

Olivier Rolin

Self - Writer

Vladimir Voinovich

Self - Writer

Anthony Beevor

Self - Historian


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

world war ii

stalingrad

biography

russian history

censorship

jewish culture

political repression

portrait of an artist

russian literature

soviet union history

literature history

ukrainian literature

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