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Life and Fate by Vassili Grossman (2018)

7 | Jan 24, 2018 (FR) | Documentary, History | 00:59
https://www.agatfilms-exnihilo.com/en/catalogue/films/le-manuscrit-sauve-du-kgb
world war ii stalingrad biography russian history censorship jewish culture political repression portrait of an artist russian literature soviet union history literature history ukrainian literature

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.

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Director, Writer
Original Music Composer
Producer
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Director of Photography
Production Director
Graphic Designer
Post Production Supervisor

Cast

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Elsa Lepoivre
Self - Narrator (voice)
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Denis Podalydès
Self - Narrator (voice)
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Olga Turbina
Self - Archivist
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Fedor Guber
Self - Grossman's Son
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Alexis Berelowitch
Self - Grossman's Translator
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Ekaterina Korotkova-Grossman
Self - Grossman's Daughter
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Olivier Rolin
Self - Writer
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Vladimir Voinovich
Self - Writer
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Anthony Beevor
Self - Historian
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Bernard Pivot
Self - TV Host (archive footage)

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