Top Cast
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Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė
Olga
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Andrey Ilin
Vladimir
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Sergey Batalov
Mamashev
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Yuri Belyayev
Sergey, brother of Vladimir
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Viktor Pavlov
Dokuchaev Ilya Petrovich
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Irina Rozanova
Marfusha
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Yekaterina Vasilyeva
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Mikhail Trukhin
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Nikolai Kryukov
Overview
1918, Petrograd. The young historian Vladimir meets Olga, the daughter of the wealthy parents who have emigrated from the country after the first decrees of the Soviet power. Olga both hates revolution, and is fascinated by her.
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