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Mikhail Bulgakov - The White Guard: Survival

Mikhail Bulgakov - The White Guard

Survival

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The Turbin brothers find their survival skills tested as Elena is driven to intense prayer

The Turbin brothers find their survival skills tested, and Elena is driven to intense prayer. Stars Paul Hilton and James Loye.

As Ukranian Nationalists seize control of Kiev, Alexei and Nikolka are running for their lives.

Conclusion of Mikhail Bulgakov's classic Ukrainian novel - dramatised in two parts by DJ Britton. 

Stars Paul Hilton as Alexei, James Loye as Nikolka, Melanie Walters as Julia, Manon Edwards as Elena, Gerry Lepkowski as Myshlaevsky, Tim Kirkus as Shpolyansky, Patrick Brennan as Shervinsky, Simon Ludders as Rusakov, Siriol Jenkins as Irina and Brendan Charleson as Shchur.

Translator: Michael Glenny 

Directed at BBC Wales by Alison Hindell. 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.

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In the winter of 1918, the citizens of Kiev wait for the city to fall.

Classic Ukrainian novel, dramatised by DJ Britton. In the winter of 1918, the citizens of Kiev wait for the city to fall, either to the Bolsheviks or the Nationalists. Stars Paul Hilton and James Loye

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