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Drama on 3: Stalingrad Kiss

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

By Sebastian Baczkiewicz.

An eyewitness to the Battle of Stalingrad, Vassily Grossman was loved by the frontline soldiers for his vivid portrayal of their struggle. But 20 years later his war novel Life and Fate was suppressed by the KGB. It would never see print in his lifetime.

Contributors

Writer:
Sebastian Baczkiewicz
Director:
Mark Burman
Producer:
Jeremy Mortimer
Vassily Grossman:
Anton Lesser
Sasha:
Jimmy Chamberlain
Valentin:
Steven Webb
Valentin (older):
Raymond Coulthard
Anya:
Gillian Bevan
Olga:
Gillian Bevan
Commissar Bruk:
Matthew Marsh
Colonel Gurtiev:
Fred Pearson
Polyakov:
Fred Pearson
Petrov:
Andrew Tiernan
Grekov:
Stephen Critchlow
Yuri:
Ben Crowe
Concierge:
Ben Crowe
Soldier:
Ben Crowe
Corporal Tanya Driabin:
Carla Simpson
Freddy Parkhomenko:
Nicholas Boulton
Albert:
Kenneth Collard
Concierge:
Kenneth Collard
Marya:
Laura Doddington
Lyusia:
Laura Martin-Simpson
Grossman's Mother:
Jennie Stoller
<Actor>:
Scott Brooksbank
<Actor>:
Simon Donaldson
<Actor>:
Richard Firth
Source: Radio Times

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