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I Invite You to My Execution

I Invite You to My Execution

20197.00h 57m

Overview

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
Produced by Céline Nusse, Paul Rozenberg, Christoph Jörg
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Top Cast

Frédéric Pierrot

Frédéric Pierrot

Boris Pasternak (voice)

E

Elena Pasternak

Self - Daughter-in-law

N

Nina Andriadze

Self - T. Tabidze's Granddaughter

Sergio D'Angelo

Sergio D'Angelo

Self - Literary Agent

P

Paolo Mancosu

Self - Philosophy Professor

C

Carlo Feltrinelli

Self - Publisher

J

Jacqueline de Proyart

Self - Slavic Scholar

Georges Nivat

Georges Nivat

Self - Slavic Scholar

Boris Pasternak

Boris Pasternak

Self - Writer (archive footage)

Joseph Stalin

Joseph Stalin

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Themes & Keywords

nobel prizebook editor1950spolitical repressioncold war propagandaportrait of an artistsoviet union history

About I Invite You to My Execution

I Invite You to My Execution is a documentary, history film released in 2019 exploring themes of nobel prize, book editor, 1950s, political repression, cold war propaganda, portrait of an artist. Directed by Nino Kirtadzé, it stars Frédéric Pierrot, Elena Pasternak, Nina Andriadze. 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.

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