Looking for the money for a drink, an alcoholic gets a Newfoundland dog as a present from a stranger at a bird fair. He'll soon find out that the animal is not only able to speak, but to get him to give up drinking as well. Now he's determined to get rid of the dog, but that won't be an easy task.
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Sergey Shakurov
Колюн
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Vasiliy Livanov
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Anatoliy Romashin
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Yelena Solovey
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Igor Yasulovich
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Viktor Uralsky
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Galina Polskikh
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Tatyana Kochemasova
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Collapse
Planet Parade
Natalya Korenchenko
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I Want To Go To Prison
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Sofya Gorshkova
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Под куполом цирка
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Mircea Soțchi-Voinicescu
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Aleksandra Kharitonova
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Leonid Kvinikhidze Director · Eduard Akopov Writer Evgeniy Guslinskiy Cinematographer
First release May 1, 1988 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Original title Друг
Production
Mosfilm
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Russia · Russia
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Original title
Друг
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · May 1, 1988
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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