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Life and Fate by Vassili Grossman

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Life and Fate by Vassili Grossman
NR 59 minHistory, Documentary
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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.
StarringElsa LepoivreDenis PodalydèsOlga Turbina
DirectorPriscilla Pizzato
WriterPriscilla Pizzato

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Original Language:French
Production Companies:ARTE, Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah, Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo
Life and Fate by Vassili Grossman on the Web:Official Website
Movie Tags:
biographyworld war iiportrait of an artistcensorshippolitical repressionrussian historyliterature historyjewish culturesoviet union historyrussian literature