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Life and Fate by Vassili Grossman

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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.

Directed byPriscilla Pizzato

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 59m
Language
FR
Released
January 24, 2018
Studios
ARTEFondation pour la Mémoire de la ShoahAgat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Elsa Lepoivre

Elsa Lepoivre

Self - Narrator (voice)

Denis Podalydès

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

Olivier Rolin

Self - Writer

Vladimir Voinovich

Self - Writer

Anthony Beevor

Self - Historian

Bernard Pivot

Bernard Pivot

Self - TV Host (archive footage)

Creative team
Directed by
Priscilla Pizzato
Written by
Priscilla Pizzato
Produced by
Muriel Meynard

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