Life and Fate by Vassili Grossman
Life and Fate by Vassili Grossman

Life and Fate by Vassili Grossman

7.0(1 votes)
2018
0h 59m
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.

Production

ARTE, Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah, Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo

Cast

Elsa Lepoivre

Elsa Lepoivre

Self - Narrator (voice)

Denis Podalydès

Denis Podalydès

Self - Narrator (voice)

Olga Turbina

Olga Turbina

Self - Archivist

Fedor Guber

Fedor Guber

Self - Grossman's Son

Alexis Berelowitch

Alexis Berelowitch

Self - Grossman's Translator

Ekaterina Korotkova-Grossman

Ekaterina Korotkova-Grossman

Self - Grossman's Daughter

Olivier Rolin

Olivier Rolin

Self - Writer

Vladimir Voinovich

Vladimir Voinovich

Self - Writer

Anthony Beevor

Anthony Beevor

Self - Historian

Bernard Pivot

Bernard Pivot

Self - TV Host (archive footage)

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