I Invite You to My Execution (2019)
Documentary · History
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.
Cast
- Frédéric Pierrot as Boris Pasternak (voice)
- Elena Pasternak as Self - Daughter-in-law
- Nina Andriadze as Self - T. Tabidze's Granddaughter
- Sergio D'Angelo as Self - Literary Agent
- Paolo Mancosu as Self - Philosophy Professor
- Carlo Feltrinelli as Self - Publisher
- Jacqueline de Proyart as Self - Slavic Scholar
- Georges Nivat as Self - Slavic Scholar
- Boris Pasternak as Self - Writer (archive footage)
- Joseph Stalin as Self - Politician (archive footage)