Movie: Wait For Me, Anna

Top 10 Billed Cast

Svetlana Zhgun
Светлана Жгун

Oleg Yankovskiy
Олег Янковский

Rolan Bykov
Ролан Быков

Mikhail Yeremeyev
Михаил Еремеев

Svetlana Smekhnova
Светлана Смехнова

Viktor Chekmaryov
Виктор Чекмарёв

Olga Aroseva
Ольга Аросева

Valentin Gaft
Валентин Гафт

Vladimir Vasilyev
Владимир Васильев

Aleksei Smirnov
Алексей Смирнов

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    A love story during wartime.

  • Release Date

    1969-09-29

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    6

  • Rating:

    3.0 starts
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  • Languages:

    Pусский

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