The House Built on Sand
5.7
A slice of life among Russian intelligentsia on the eve of WWII. A haunting reminder of Stalin's psychotic purge of 1938 and the nightmarish German siege of Leningrad.
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Cast
21 people
Yelena Shiffers
Yelena Shachkova
Natalya Chepik
Nijole Adomenaite
Yuri Astafyev
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Tatyana Tolstaya
Vladimir Eryomin
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Vladimir Kuznetsov
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Ivan Latyshev
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Mariya Nikiforova
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Nijole Adomenaite Director · Natalya Chepik Screenplay Tatyana Tolstaya Story
United States release January 1, 1996 · Produced in Russia · Production Polyphon Film-und Fernsehgesellschaft, Soyuztelefilm
Production
Lenfilm
Production
Polyphon Film-und Fernsehgesellschaft
Production
Soyuztelefilm
Production
Russia
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Original title
Дом на песке
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Mexico · January 1, 1991
Theatrical
Russia · September 12, 1991
Theatrical
United States · January 1, 1996
Canada
September 12, 1991 · Toronto Film Festival
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