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Release Year2012
Runtime1 Season
LanguageRussian
CertificationNR
GenresDrama, War & Politics
Votes5
DirectorSergei Ursuliak
WritersEduard Volodarskiy
TypeWeb Series
Rating8.6 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsLife and Fate
About Life and Fate
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.
Directed by Sergei Ursuliak, Life and Fate leans on a strong ensemble — Sergey Makovetskiy, Anna Mikhalkova, Aleksandr Baluev — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The series landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about drama titles of 2012.
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