Top Cast
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Aleksandr Chistyakov
Pyotr Ivanonich Kadkin
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Yelena Kuzmina
Marika Greshina
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Nikolai Bogolyubov
Nikolai Kadkin
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Nikolay Kryuchkov
Senka Kadkin
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Hans Klering
Mueller, German POW
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Vladimir Uralskiy
Smelchakov - cabdriver
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Mikhail Zharov
Krayevitch, a student
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Sergei Komarov
Alexander Petrovich Greshin
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Robert Erdman
Robert Karlovich, German boarder
Overview
In a remote Russian village during World War I, colourful and nuanced characters experience divided loyalties: family loyalty vs. personal desire, nationalism vs. transcendent humanism.
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