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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.
Title | I Invite You to My Execution |
Companies | Zadig Productions, Pumpernickel Films, ARTE |
Countries | France |
Keywords | nobel prize, book editor, 1950s, political repression, cold war propaganda, portrait of an artist, soviet union history |

Frédéric Pierrot
Boris Pasternak (voice)Elena Pasternak
Self - Daughter-in-lawNina Andriadze
Self - T. Tabidze's GranddaughterSergio D'Angelo
Self - Literary AgentPaolo Mancosu
Self - Philosophy ProfessorCarlo Feltrinelli
Self - PublisherJacqueline de Proyart
Self - Slavic Scholar
Georges Nivat
Self - Slavic Scholar
Boris Pasternak
Self - Writer (archive footage)
Joseph Stalin
Self - Politician (archive footage)