Top Cast
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Boris Chirkov
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Nadezhda Fedosova
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Nina Drobysheva
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Nikolai Volkov Jr.
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Andrei Tsimbal
Overview
A young girl lives with an elderly couple in a settlement in a distant Siberian village. They liked her. When she dies unexpectedly, they go many miles to holy places to pray for the salvation of her soul.
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