Top Cast
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Olga Mateshko
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Anatoliy Sokolovskiy
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Borys Savchenko
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Aleksandr Starodub
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Vladimir Volkov
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Viktor Chernyakov
Overview
An intellectual and writer involved in underground revolutionary activity is imprisoned, where his convictions and will are put to the test. Based on Lesia Ukrainka’s short story “Mistake (Thoughts of a Prisoner)”.
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