Life and Fate

A heavy, slow-burning wartime drama that weighs scientific ambition against moral compromise under constant threat.

Created by

Sergei Ursuliak

Genres

Drama, War & politics

Starring

Sergey Makovetskiy, Anna Mikhalkova, Aleksandr Baluev

Overview

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.

How it feels

Bleak, dark, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.

About

War, power, survival, morality

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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