The read
It runs a compact 57m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
3 audience votes
Key crew
- Nino KirtadzéDirector
- Nino KirtadzéWriter
- Siegfried CantoOriginal Music Composer
- Giorgi TsintsadzeOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Frédéric PierrotBoris Pasternak (voice)
- Elena PasternakSelf - Daughter-in-law
- Nina AndriadzeSelf - T. Tabidze's Granddaughter
- Sergio D'AngeloSelf - Literary Agent
- Paolo MancosuSelf - Philosophy Professor
- Carlo FeltrinelliSelf - Publisher
- Jacqueline de ProyartSelf - Slavic Scholar
- Georges NivatSelf - Slavic Scholar
- Boris PasternakSelf - Writer (archive footage)
- Joseph StalinSelf - Politician (archive footage)
- Nikita KhrushchevSelf - Politician (archive footage)
- Giangiacomo FeltrinelliSelf - Publisher (archive footage)
Stills
Themes
nobel prizebook editor1950spolitical repressioncold war propagandaportrait of an artistsoviet union history