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The Witness
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The Witness

Aug 17, 2023
2h 7m
★ 6.2

Overview

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

Genres

Drama
War

Production Companies

Central Partnership
AP Entertainment

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Cast

Karen Badalov

Daniel Cohen

Karen Badalov

Yuliya Afanasyeva

Yana

Yuliya Afanasyeva

Aleksandr Dyachenko

Dmitriy Panchak

Aleksandr Dyachenko

Oleg Komarov

Lev Sakhnovetskiy

Oleg Komarov

Serafima Nizovskaya

Brigitta Toysberg

Serafima Nizovskaya

Dmitriy Blokhin

Golovko

Dmitriy Blokhin

Mariya Bokova

zhenshchina s synom

Mariya Bokova

Evrika Allaverdonts

Zhenshchina

Evrika Allaverdonts

Roman Frolov

Voditel

Roman Frolov

Viktor Rakov

Viktor Rakov

Isa Novikov

Isa Novikov

Mark Rumyantsev

Mark Rumyantsev

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