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The Return

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Little Nikita, the son of polar scientist Sergei Ivanov, runs away from home with the intention of reaching the Arctic, where he believes his father works. The boy manages to reach Leningrad, where he ends up at the Arctic Institute.…

DirectorYan Frid
WritersBoris Chirskov·Rafail Muzykant
ProducerN. Shapiro

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Cast · Directed by Yan Frid

ACAleksandr Chistyakov
Aleksandr Chistyakov
Pogodin, Nikita's grandfather
LKLidia Kartashova
Lidia Kartashova
TGTatyana Guretskaya
Tatyana Guretskaya
NSNikolai Simonov
Nikolai Simonov
VTValentina Telegina
Valentina Telegina
BPBoris Poslavsky
Boris Poslavsky
VLVladimir Lukin
Vladimir Lukin
NL
Nikolai Litvinov
Doorman

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