Life and Fate by Vassili Grossman (2018)
2018 · 0h 59m · Documentary, History
Genres: Documentary, History
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.
Director: Priscilla Pizzato
Writers: Priscilla Pizzato
Music by: Anna Sigalevitch
Cinematography: Valerio Carignano
Editor: Yohann Le Rallier
Cast
Elsa Lepoivre as Self - Narrator (voice)Denis Podalydès as Self - Narrator (voice)Olga Turbina as Self - ArchivistFedor Guber as Self - Grossman's SonAlexis Berelowitch as Self - Grossman's TranslatorEkaterina Korotkova-Grossman as Self - Grossman's DaughterOlivier Rolin as Self - WriterVladimir Voinovich as Self - WriterAnthony Beevor as Self - HistorianBernard Pivot as Self - TV Host (archive footage)Joseph Stalin as Self - Politician (archive footage)Vladimir Lenin as Self - Politician (archive footage)More like this
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