Life and Fate by Vassili Grossman

Life and Fate by Vassili Grossman

NR2018•59 min

4KHDRCC

History Documentary

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.

Rating:

7.0

Directed by:Priscilla Pizzato

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Starring

Elsa Lepoivre image

Elsa Lepoivre

Self - Narrator (voice)

Denis Podalydès image

Denis Podalydès

Self - Narrator (voice)

Olivier Rolin image

Olivier Rolin

Self - Writer

Bernard Pivot image

Bernard Pivot

Self - TV Host (archive footage)

Olga Turbina

Self - Archivist

Fedor Guber

Self - Grossman's Son

Alexis Berelowitch

Self - Grossman's Translator

Ekaterina Korotkova-Grossman

Self - Grossman's Daughter

Vladimir Voinovich

Self - Writer

Anthony Beevor

Self - Historian

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