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Life and Fate
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Life and Fate

2012-10-14 · 40 min / episode · ★ 8.6

Drama · War & Politics

The plot takes place in 1942-1943, during the defense of Stalingrad. The Jew Viktor Strum is a talented nuclear physicist working in one of the country's institutes on the creation of an atomic bomb. At this time, Strum's relatives die in Nazi camps and NKVD dungeons, and persecution begins against him. The inventor can only be saved by his scientific brainchild, which Stalin himself became interested in. The state needs such a powerful weapon as an atomic bomb. The scientist has to make a choice: to remain faithful to science and work for the "leader of the nation" or to abandon his vocation and be destroyed.

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Creators
Sergei Ursuliak
Production companies
Moskino Film Studio
Countries
Russia
Status
Ended

Top Cast

Sergey MakovetskiySergey MakovetskiyShtrum
Anna MikhalkovaAnna MikhalkovaMarya Ivanovna Sokolova
Aleksandr BaluevAleksandr BaluevKrymov
Anton KuznetsovAnton KuznetsovIvan Berezkin
Lika NifontovaLika NifontovaLyudmila
Evgeniy DyatlovEvgeniy DyatlovNovikov
Sergey PuskepalisSergey Puskepalis
Aleksandr NikolskiyAleksandr Nikolskiy
Polina AgureevaPolina AgureevaEvgenia Shaposhnikova
Aleksandr PalAleksandr Pal
Vladimir SidorovVladimir SidorovХромов - старшина

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