Plot synopsis

In his novel, written in the 1950s, Vassili Grosman paints a vast fresco of the USSR during the Second World War, questioning both the fascist system and the communist system.

Commentaries

CINÉMA RUSSE CONTEMPORAIN, (R)ÉVOLUTIONS, Eugénie ZVONKINE, Presses Universitaires du Septentrion, 2017

Selected in the following festivals or events :

- Stalin in contemporary Russian cinema, (kinoglaz.fr), 2023

- Festival international de programmes audiovisuels (FIPA), Biarritz (France), 2013