Life and Fate by Vassili Grossman

Life and Fate by Vassili Grossman

Original Title: Le Manuscrit sauvé du KGB
Release: 2018 | Community Score: 70%

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.

Cast

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)
Antony Beevor

Antony Beevor

Self - Historian