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.
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)
Иосиф Сталин
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Никита Хрущёв
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Giangiacomo Feltrinelli
as Self - Publisher (archive footage)
