Dovlatov (2018) on Netflix
In 1971 Leningrad, writer Sergei Dovlatov is refused by publishers while his friend Iosif Brodskiy prepares to emigrate. He wants a normal life with his wife Elena and daughter Katya.
- Netflix3.6/5
- IMDb6.4/102,375 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes80%
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Plot summary
Dovlatov charts six days in the life of a brilliant, ironic writer who saw far beyond the rigid limits of 70s Soviet Russia. Sergei Dovlatov fought to preserve his own talent and decency with poet and writer Joseph Brodsky, while watching his artist friends got crushed by the iron-willed state machinery.
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