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    Life and Fate by Vassili Grossman

    59'

    2018-01-24

    7

    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.

    DirectingPriscilla PizzatoWritingPriscilla Pizzato

    Cast

    1

    Self - Narrator (voice)

    Elsa Lepoivre

    1

    Self - Narrator (voice)

    Denis Podalydès

    1

    Self - Archivist

    Olga Turbina

    1

    Self - Grossman's Son

    Fedor Guber

    1

    Self - Grossman's Translator

    Alexis Berelowitch

    1

    Self - Grossman's Daughter

    Ekaterina...

    1

    Self - Writer

    Olivier Rolin

    1

    Self - Writer

    Vladimir Voinovich

    1

    Self - Historian

    Anthony Beevor

    2

    Self - TV Host (archive footage)

    Bernard Pivot

    2

    Self - Politician (archive footage)

    Joseph Stalin

    1

    Self - Politician (archive footage)

    Vladimir Lenin

    1

    Self - Actor (archive footage)

    Solomon Mikhoels

    2

    Self - Politician (archive footage)

    Adolf Hitler

    1

    Self - Politician (archive footage)

    Nikita Khrushchev

    1

    Self - Historian

    Antony Beevor

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. France
    • List of languages:
      1. English
      2. French
      3. Russian
    • List of companies:
      1. ARTE
      2. Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah
      3. Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo
    • Vote Count: 1
    • Popularity: 0.8123
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:Le Manuscrit sauvé du KGB

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