Movie: White Nights

Top 10 Billed Cast

Oleg Strizhenov
Олег Стриженов

Dreamer

Lyudmila Marchenko
Людмила Марченко

Nastenka

Vera Popova
Вера Попова

grandmother

Anatoli Fedorinov
Анатолий Федоринов

tenant

Svetlana Kharitonova
Светлана Харитонова

Fyokla

Irina Skobtseva
Ирина Скобцева

duchess

Ariadna Shengelaia
Ариадна Шенгелая

slave girl

Yakov Belenkiy
Яков Беленький

duke

Sergei Troitsky
Сергей Троицкий

merchant

Yevgeni Morgunov
Евгений Моргунов

warder

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    Based on the short story of the same name by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, it is about a young man living in Saint Petersburg who suffers from loneliness. He gets to know and falls in love with a young woman, but the love remains unrequited as the woman misses her lover, with whom she is finally reunited.

  • Release Date

    1960-02-19

  • Average

    7.7

  • Rating:

    3.9 starts
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  • Languages:

    Pусский
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