Synopsis
The difficult fate of a man who went through the war, the horror of Hitler’s and Stalin’s camps, but retained fortitude, decency and purity.
Movie Information
- Director
- Ilya Gurin
- Writers
- Ilya Gurin, Vatslav Mikhalsky
- Release Year
- 1991
- Runtime
- 151 minutes
- Genre
- Drama
- Language
- RU
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Status
- Released
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 (2 votes)
Top Cast
Ivan Lapikov
Aleksei
Galina Orlova
Liza
Boris Nevzorov
Nikolai Artyomovich
Ada Rohovtseva
Tatyana Sergeyevna
Lyusyena Ovchinnikova
Mariya
Vadim Lyubshin
Alyosha
Elena Drobysheva
Gulya
Igor Bochkin
Pavel
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