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A Simple Death

4.819851h 5mMovieDrama

When a middle-aged high-court judge in 19th-century Russia starts to experience a sharp pain in his side, he soon finds himself bedridden with an undiagnosed terminal illness. Face-to-face with his own mortality, he becomes increasingly…

DirectorAleksandr Kaydanovskiy
WriterAleksandr Kaydanovskiy

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Cast · Directed by Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy

VPValeriy Priyomykhov
Valeriy Priyomykhov
Ivan Ilyich Golovin
AFAlisa Freyndlikh
Alisa Freyndlikh
Praskovya Fyodorovna Golovina
VPVytautas Paukste
Vytautas Paukste
Dr. Mikhail Danilovich
KMKarina Moritts
Karina Moritts
Lisa Golovina
MDMikhail Danilov
Mikhail Danilov
Narrator
ES
Edwald Smirnov
TTTamara Timofeeva
Tamara Timofeeva
Nanny
SC
Stanislav Churkin
Priest
AKAnatoliy Khudoleev
Anatoliy Khudoleev
Pyotr Ivanovich
AB
A. Bukhvalov
VSVladimir Starostin
Vladimir Starostin
YSYuri Serov
Yuri Serov

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