The Soviet Story
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.
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Elsa LepoivreSelf - Narrator (voice)
Denis PodalydèsSelf - Narrator (voice)O Olga TurbinaSelf - ArchivistF Fedor GuberSelf - Grossman's SonA Alexis BerelowitchSelf - Grossman's TranslatorE Ekaterina Korotkova-GrossmanSelf - Grossman's Daughter
Olivier RolinSelf - WriterV Vladimir VoinovichSelf - WriterA Anthony BeevorSelf - Historian
Bernard PivotSelf - TV Host (archive footage)
Joseph StalinSelf - Politician (archive footage)
Vladimir LeninSelf - Politician (archive footage)Where to watch
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