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6.519912h 31mMovieDrama

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.

DirectorIlya Gurin
WritersIlya Gurin·Vatslav Mikhalsky

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Cast · Directed by Ilya Gurin

ILIvan Lapikov
Ivan Lapikov
Aleksei
GOGalina Orlova
Galina Orlova
Liza
BNBoris Nevzorov
Boris Nevzorov
Nikolai Artyomovich
ARAda Rohovtseva
Ada Rohovtseva
Tatyana Sergeyevna
LOLyusyena Ovchinnikova
Lyusyena Ovchinnikova
Mariya
VL
Vadim Lyubshin
Alyosha
EDElena Drobysheva
Elena Drobysheva
Gulya
IBIgor Bochkin
Igor Bochkin
Pavel
GFGennadi Frolov
Gennadi Frolov
Nikolai Afanasevich
VN
Valeri Nadejko
Mitka
TB
Tatyana Bojtova
Young Mariya
SCSergey Chekan
Sergey Chekan
Young Aleksei

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