Top Cast
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Natalya Tenyakova
Varvara Asenkova
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Igor Dmitriev
Nikolai Dyur
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Aleksandr Borisov
Aleksandr Gedeonov
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Lidiya Shtykan
Aleksandra Asenkova, Varvara's mother
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Vladimir Chestnokov
Ivan Sosnitsky
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Aleksandr Susnin
Aleksandr Martynov
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Глеб Флоринский
Vasily Karatygin
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Vladimir Erenberg
Aleksandr Khrapovitsky
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Igor Ozerov
Yuri Glebov
Overview
Inspired by the life of Varvara Asenkova, a 19th-century actress who earned great acclaim on St. Petersburg stage before her death at the age of 24.
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