Top Cast
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Andrey Gromov
Pechorin
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O. Bella
Bela
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Asho Shakhatuni
Kazbich
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A. Sorin
Maksim Maksimych
Overview
First film adaptation of the chapter “Bela” from Mikhail Lermontov’s A Hero of Our Time.
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