2018DocumentaryHistory0h 59m

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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Information

StatusReleased
Original Languagefr

Keywords

world war iistalingradbiographyrussian historycensorshipjewish culturepolitical repressionportrait of an artistrussian literaturesoviet union historyliterature historyukrainian literature

Production

ARTE
ARTE
Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah
Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah
Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo
Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo