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Why I'm Alive

7.720212h MovieHistoryDramaRomance

Mariupol. Pre-war life in a small Ukrainian town on the shore of the Azov Sea, with a good family life, quarrelsome neighbors, amateur opera, denunciations to the NKVD, and a dance floor in the city garden, the persecution of religion and, of course, with love.

DirectorVillen Novak
WriterYevgeni Mitko

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Why I'm Alive isn't on any streaming service in United States right now, but it's available in Ukraine. Streaming rights are licensed per country.

Cast · Directed by Villen Novak

VZViktor Zhdanov
Viktor Zhdanov
Oleksa
MHMaksym Horay
Maksym Horay
Zhenka
AVArtem Vilbik
Artem Vilbik
Ovsiy
IMIryna Melnyk
Iryna Melnyk
Grandma Hanya
OROlga Radchuk
Olga Radchuk
Basya
RMRoland Mishko
Roland Mishko
Lyonchyk
GDGeorgiy Deliev
Georgiy Deliev
Arno
OHOleksiy Horbunov
Oleksiy Horbunov
Honcharov
OBOlena Bondareva-Repina
Olena Bondareva-Repina
Honcharykha

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