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The Witness

The Witness

2023•2h 7m•6.2/10
DramaWar

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6.2/10(5)

A Russian war propaganda film about a virtuoso violinist from Belgium witnessing war crimes.

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Production

Central Partnership, AP Entertainment

Language

RU

Status

Released

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Cast

Karen Badalov

Karen Badalov

Daniel Cohen

Yuliya Afanasyeva

Yuliya Afanasyeva

Yana

Aleksandr Dyachenko

Aleksandr Dyachenko

Dmitriy Panchak

Oleg Komarov

Oleg Komarov

Lev Sakhnovetskiy

Serafima Nizovskaya

Serafima Nizovskaya

Brigitta Toysberg

Dmitriy Blokhin

Dmitriy Blokhin

Golovko

Mariya Bokova

Mariya Bokova

zhenshchina s synom

Evrika Allaverdonts

Evrika Allaverdonts

Zhenshchina

Roman Frolov

Roman Frolov

Voditel

Viktor Rakov

Viktor Rakov

Isa Novikov

Isa Novikov

Mark Rumyantsev

Olivier Siou

Olivier Siou

Vladimir Zagorodnyuk

Vladimir Zagorodnyuk

Daria Kovalevskaia

Daria Kovalevskaia

Aleksey Malashkin

Aleksey Malashkin

Vasily Michkov

Vasily Michkov

Georges Devdariani

Georges Devdariani

Елена Яблочная

Елена Яблочная

Yuliya Mandriko

Yuliya Mandriko

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