I Invite You to My Execution

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.

Director: Nino Kirtadzé

Cast

Frédéric Pierrot

Boris Pasternak (voice)

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Elena Pasternak

Self - Daughter-in-law

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Nina Andriadze

Self - T. Tabidze's Granddaughter

Sergio D'Angelo

Self - Literary Agent

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Paolo Mancosu

Self - Philosophy Professor

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Carlo Feltrinelli

Self - Publisher

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Jacqueline de Proyart

Self - Slavic Scholar

Georges Nivat

Self - Slavic Scholar

Boris Pasternak

Self - Writer (archive footage)

Joseph Stalin

Self - Politician (archive footage)