Stumbled across an excellent documentary by Priscilla Pizzato, Life and Fate by Vasili Grossman (in French, with English subtitles) on the European channel Arte.tv.  If you haven’t yet read the book, this could be the trigger.

Sorry to say this was only available online until July 2020, but here is a trailer. 

See also our homage to one of the best novels of the 20th century, including a rich mosaic of illustrated quotations.