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Life and Fate by Vassili Grossman (2018)

Genre : Documentary, History

Runtime : 59M

Director : Priscilla Pizzato

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Elsa Lepoivre
Elsa Lepoivre
Self - Narrator (voice)
Denis Podalydès
Denis Podalydès
Self - Narrator (voice)
Olga Turbina
Olga Turbina
Self - Archivist
Fedor Guber
Fedor Guber
Self - Grossman's Son
Alexis Berelowitch
Alexis Berelowitch
Self - Grossman's Translator
Ekaterina Korotkova-Grossman
Ekaterina Korotkova-Grossman
Self - Grossman's Daughter
Olivier Rolin
Olivier Rolin
Self - Writer
Vladimir Voinovich
Vladimir Voinovich
Self - Writer
Anthony Beevor
Anthony Beevor
Self - Historian
Bernard Pivot
Bernard Pivot
Self - TV Host (archive footage)
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Solomon Mikhoels
Solomon Mikhoels
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Khrushchev
Self - Politician (archive footage)

Crews

Priscilla Pizzato
Priscilla Pizzato
Director
Muriel Meynard
Muriel Meynard
Producer
Priscilla Pizzato
Priscilla Pizzato
Writer
Anna Sigalevitch
Anna Sigalevitch
Original Music Composer
Yohann Le Rallier
Yohann Le Rallier
Editor
Valerio Carignano
Valerio Carignano
Director of Photography
David Sandras
David Sandras
Sound
Hannah Taïeb
Hannah Taïeb
Production Director
Barbara Schölnberger
Barbara Schölnberger
Researcher
Fred Ricci
Fred Ricci
Color Grading
Nicolas Meunier
Nicolas Meunier
Graphic Designer
Isabelle Zaborowski
Isabelle Zaborowski
Post Production Supervisor

Posters and backgrounds

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