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.
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Ivan Lapikov
Aleksei
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Galina Orlova
Liza
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Boris Nevzorov
Nikolai Artyomovich
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Ada Rohovtseva
Tatyana Sergeyevna
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Lyusyena Ovchinnikova
Mariya
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Vadim Lyubshin
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Elena Drobysheva
Gulya
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Igor Bochkin
Pavel
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Gennadi Frolov
Nikolai Afanasevich
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Valeri Nadejko
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Tatyana Bojtova
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Sergey Chekan
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Ilya Gurin Director · Vatslav Mikhalsky Screenplay Igor Klebanov Cinematographer
First release January 1, 1991 · Produced in Russia · Original title За что?
Production
Gorky Film Studios
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Russia
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Original title
За что?
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · January 1, 1991
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No release date listed for United States.
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