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Vasily Grossman's dark and honest account of the epic battle of Stalingrad; the prequel to his novel Life and Fate. Stalingrad explores the approach of war to the city of Stalingrad, through the many lives of the Shaposhnikov family and their partners. Atomic scientist Viktor Shtrum struggles with his work for the Soviet state, while his family live, love and work despite swirling rumours, to run the city's power stations, factories and hospitals. After three years of agonised rewrites under the censors' gaze, Stalingrad was finally published in the USSR to universal acclaim, though Grossman was soon being denounced for depicting Russians who were not always heroes. But as a former war correspondent, Grossman was determined to tell the dark and honest truth of the epic battle of Stalingrad, and the men and women caught up in it. The epic BBC Radio 4 serial Life and Fate stunned radio audiences in 2011, garnering rave reviews for its powerful depiction of a family torn apart by war in Soviet Russia. Now, with this astonishing prequel published in its first ever English translation by Richard and Elizabeth Chandler, we are transported back to the very beginning of Vasily Grossman's panoramic tale, as the 'harsh whirlwind' of war approaches the city of Stalingrad. As Stalingrad opens, we are introduced to the many lives of the Shaposhnikov family and their partners. Atomic scientist Viktor Shtrum struggles with his work for the State and with his own conscience, while his family live, love and work (despite swirling rumours) to run the city's power stations, factories and hospitals. Meanwhile, at the Front, we meet old-school Bolshevik Commissar Nikolai Krymov in the thick of the Russian army's pell-mell retreat before Operation Barbarossa and follow the 'unknown' soldiers giving their lives to hold the line at the Volga. This vivid, gripping drama features many of the same acclaimed cast as Life and Fate: Viktor Shtrum ..... Kenneth Branagh Lyuda Shaposhnikova ..... Greta Scacchi Alexandra ..... Ann Mitchell Zhenya ..... Doon Mackichan Stepan Spiridonov ..... Kenneth Cranham Nina ..... Danusia Samal Vera ..... Scarlett Courtney Tolya ..... Will Kirk Novikov ..... Rick Warden Lenya ..... Greg Jones Pryahkin ..... Clive Hayward Yeremenko ..... Neil McCaul Apparatchik ..... Adam Courting Driver ..... Ikky Elias Nikolai Krymov ...... Mark Bonnar Pyotr Vavilov ..... Richard Elfyn Nastya Vavilov ..... Gwawr Loader Tolya ..... Will Kirk Filyashkin ..... Francois Pandolfo Kovalyov ..... Gareth Pierce Lena ..... Caitlin Richards Malyarchuk ..... Simon Ludders Rezchikov ..... Marc Danbury Usurov ..... Adam Courting Marusya Spiridonova ..... Eiry Thomas Written by Vasily Grossman Translated by Robert and Elizabeth Chandler Dramatised by Mike Walker and Jonathan Myerson Directed by Jonathan Myerson and Jonquil Panting Series Producer Alison Hindell First broadcast on BBC Radio in November 2019.
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