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( Domiziana Giordano), daughter of Leon Trotsky. In 1930s Berlin, Zina is being treated by the Adlerian

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Professor Arthur KronfeldCommemorative Article (1986)
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(

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). During this psychoanalysis, which includes some hypnosis, she recalls incidents both from her own life and that of her father, as a leader of the

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, as the holder of state power and later in exile. Against the background of the progressive deterioration of the situation in Europe, threatened by the rise of fascism and the spectre of the Second World War, Zina's identification with Antigone becomes more and more credible. What were her hallucinations begin to take objective form on the streets. The dynamics of

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, always waiting in the wings, step forward to take control. ''Zina'' has won awards.

Cast

* Domiziana Giordano as Zina Bronstein *

as Professor Kronfeld *

Philip Madoc Philip Madoc (born Philip Arvon Jones; 5 July 1934 – 5 March 2012) was a Welsh actor. He performed many stage, television, radio and film roles, and was recognised for having a "rich, sonorous voice" and often playing villains and office ...

as Trotsky * Rom Anderson as Maria *

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as Molanov *

Dominique Pinon Dominique Pinon (born 4 March 1955) is a French actor. He is known for appearing in films directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, often playing eccentric or grotesque characters. Early life and education Dominique Pinon was born in Saumur, Maine-et-Loi ...

as Pierre *

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as Stenographer * William Hootkins as Walter Adams * Leonie Mellinger as German Stenographer * Paul Geoffrey as Lyova *

Tusse Silberg Toussaint Michael Chiza, better known as Tusse, is a Congolese-Swedish singer who represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021. Life and career Chiza was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo When he was five years old he had ...

as Jeanne *Maureen O'Brien as Natalya * George Yiasoumi as André Breton *George Levantis as Kharalambus *Leonie Mellinger as German Stenographer *Jeffrey Teare as Stalin's Agent in Art Gallery *Eleanor Greet as Stalin's Agent in Art Gallery

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