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The Defendant

19851h 26mMovieDramaCrime

Anton Skulov, a war invalid, shot a drunk young man with a hunting rifle who climbed into his garden and ruined rare flowers that his wife, a war veteran, had grown before her death. The investigation was short-lived, the accused…

DirectorIosif Kheifits
WritersIosif Kheifits·Boris Vasilyev
ProducerVenyamin Kutikov

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Cast · Directed by Iosif Kheifits

MZMikhail Zhigalov
Mikhail Zhigalov
Скулов
TSTatyana Shestakova
Tatyana Shestakova
Анна Ефремова
RBRolan Bykov
Rolan Bykov
адвокат
YKYuriy Kuznetsov
Yuriy Kuznetsov
моряк
YSYuriy Solovyov
Yuriy Solovyov
IAIvan Agafonov
Ivan Agafonov
OVOlga Volkova
Olga Volkova
YSYelena Sanayeva
Yelena Sanayeva
ANAndrey Nikolaev
Andrey Nikolaev
MB
M. Berggolz
EGEvgeniy Ganelin
Evgeniy Ganelin
YOYuriy Oskin
Yuriy Oskin

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The Defendant hasn't started streaming in Canada yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around February 19, 1985. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.