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Primo's training as a chemist helps him to survive the terrible conditions of Auschwitz.

Henry Goodman and Akbar Kurtha star as older and younger Primo Levi in a major new dramatization of Levi's short stories about our human relationship with the chemical elements.

Introduced by Janet Suzman and dramatised by Graham White from the translation by Raymond Rosenthal.

Cerium: Primo's training as a chemist helps him to survive the terrible conditions of Auschwitz.

Produced and directed by Emma Harding and Marc Beeby.

20 minutes

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Sat 23 Jul 201619:00

Credits

RoleContributor
Older PrimoHenry Goodman
Younger PrimoAkbar Kurtha
AlbertoLeo Wan
GuardErich Redman
Prisoner 1David Hounslow
Prisoner 2Sam Dale
AuthorPrimo Levi
AdaptorGraham White
DirectorMarc Beeby
DirectorEmma Harding
ProducerMarc Beeby
ProducerEmma Harding

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  • Sat 23 Jul 201619:00

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