Top Cast
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Aleksey Petrenko
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Alexandra Butorina
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Alexander Adabashyan
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Olga Antonova
Overview
A 1993 Russian language drama film directed by Andrei Dobrovolsky, starring Aleksey Petrenko, Aleksandra Butorina and Aleksandr Adabashyan. The film screened at International Film Festival Rotterdam in 1994.
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