Life and Fate by Vassili Grossman

Life and Fate by Vassili Grossman

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.

FR

Made in FR

7/10

2018

Documentary
History
ARTEFondation pour la Mémoire de la ShoahAgat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo

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Cast

Elsa Lepoivre

Elsa Lepoivre

As Self - Narrator (voice)

Denis Podalydès

Denis Podalydès

As Self - Narrator (voice)

Olga Turbina

Olga Turbina

As Self - Archivist

Fedor Guber

Fedor Guber

As Self - Grossman's Son

Alexis Berelowitch

Alexis Berelowitch

As Self - Grossman's Translator

Ekaterina Korotkova-Grossman

Ekaterina Korotkova-Grossman

As Self - Grossman's Daughter

Olivier Rolin

Olivier Rolin

As Self - Writer

Vladimir Voinovich

Vladimir Voinovich

As Self - Writer

Anthony Beevor

Anthony Beevor

As Self - Historian

Bernard Pivot

Bernard Pivot

As Self - TV Host (archive footage)

Joseph Stalin

Joseph Stalin

As Self - Politician (archive footage)

Vladimir Lenin

Vladimir Lenin

As Self - Politician (archive footage)

Solomon Mikhoels

Solomon Mikhoels

As Self - Actor (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

As Self - Politician (archive footage)

Nikita Khrushchev

Nikita Khrushchev

As Self - Politician (archive footage)

Antony Beevor

Antony Beevor

As Self - Historian

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