Reading Book of Blockade

Nan
1h 36m
2009
4.5 /10 (4)

Overview

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

Country : Russia
Languages : Pусский
Released Date: 2009-09-09

Top Billed Cast

Oleg Basilashvili

Marina Moshkova

Tatyana Moshkova

Olga Antonova

Mikhail Chernyak

Mikhail Morozov

Sergei Losev

Ivan Krasko

Viktor Kostetsky

Larisa Malevannaya

Leonid Mozgovoy

Valeriy Kukhareshin

Vladimir Retsepter

Lilian Navrozashvili

Rodion Prikhodko

Pyotr Semak

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