Documentary History
As Russian writer Boris Pasternak (1890-1960) thinks it is impossible that his novel Doctor Zhivago is published in the Soviet Union, because it supposedly shows a critical view of the October Revolution, he decides to smuggle several copies of the manuscript out of the country. It is first published in 1957 in Italia and the author receives the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1958, which has consequences.
Directed by
Nino Kirtadzé
Written by
Nino Kirtadzé
Joseph Stalin
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Frédéric Pierrot
Boris Pasternak (voice)
Nikita Khrushchev
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Nino Kirtadzé
Georges Nivat
Self - Slavic Scholar
Elena Pasternak
Self - Daughter-in-law
Nina Andriadze
Self - T. Tabidze's Granddaughter
Sergio D'Angelo
Self - Literary Agent
Paolo Mancosu
Self - Philosophy Professor
Carlo Feltrinelli
Self - Publisher
Jacqueline de Proyart
Self - Slavic Scholar
Giangiacomo Feltrinelli
Self - Publisher (archive footage)
Nicola Chiaromonte
Self - Writer (archive footage)
Carlo Muscetta
Self - Writer (archive footage)

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