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A European Cultural SagaFrom Paris to St Petersburg

53 min

Available until 21/02/2025

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A 19th century love triangle from Paris to St Petersburg: the French opera singer Pauline Viardot, her publicist husband Louis and the Russian writer Ivan Turgenev. The 19th century Europe they lived through was cosmopolitan and humanist and forged the modern continent we know today.

Developed with the British historian Orlando Figes, author of The Europeans - Three Lives and the Making of a European Culture (Penguin 2020), the documentary powerfully evokes the shared European culture and values that this extraordinary trio helped bring into being.

Director

Nadège De Peganow

Author

  • Christian Dumais-Lvowski

  • Nadège De Peganow

Production

  • BEL AIR MEDIA

  • CEM

Country

France

Year

2024

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