Top Cast
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Aleksey Chadov
Peresvet
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Andrey Chadov
Kir
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Aleksandr Robak
Slavik
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Ekaterina Volkova
Slavik's wife
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Vladimir Yepifantsev
Igor
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Oleksiy Horbunov
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Olga Arntgolts
Olga
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Viktoriya Smirnova
Tatiana
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Viktor Rakov
Overview
A veteran of the Chechen War is helped by the ghosts of his two fallen comrades to leave the war behind.
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