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About 1972 film by Stanislav Rostotsky
Genres war, historical
Directed by Stanislav Rostotsky
Written by Stanislav Rostotsky, Boris Vasilyev
Starring Yelena Drapeko, Igor Kostolevsky, Olga Ostroumova, Irina Shevchuk, Andrey Leonidovich Martynov, Irina Dolganova, Yekaterina Markova, Kirill Stolyarov
Music Kirill Molchanov
Runtime 188 min
Country Soviet Union
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