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Reading Book of Blockade (2009)

Genre : War, Drama, History

Runtime : 1H 36M

Director : Aleksandr Sokurov

Synopsis

Amateur actors read stories from a book describing the 900-day siege of Leningrad during World War II.

Actors

Oleg Basilashvili
Oleg Basilashvili
Marina Moshkova
Marina Moshkova
Tatyana Moshkova
Tatyana Moshkova
Olga Antonova
Olga Antonova
Mikhail Chernyak
Mikhail Chernyak
Mikhail Morozov
Mikhail Morozov
Sergei Losev
Sergei Losev
Ivan Krasko
Ivan Krasko
Viktor Kostetsky
Viktor Kostetsky
Larisa Malevannaya
Larisa Malevannaya
Leonid Mozgovoy
Leonid Mozgovoy
Valeriy Kukhareshin
Valeriy Kukhareshin
Vladimir Retsepter
Vladimir Retsepter
Lilian Navrozashvili
Lilian Navrozashvili
Rodion Prikhodko
Rodion Prikhodko
Pyotr Semak
Pyotr Semak
Aleksei Neymyshev
Aleksei Neymyshev

Crews

Ales Adamovich
Ales Adamovich
Writer
Daniil Granin
Daniil Granin
Writer
Aleksandr Sokurov
Aleksandr Sokurov
Director

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