Movie: Letters for the Living

Top 10 Billed Cast

Svetlana Makarova
Светлана Макарова

Veronika

Astrīda Kairiša
Astrīda Kairiša

Olga

Valentin Nikulin
Валентин Никулин

Valentin

Pavel Makhotin
Павел Махотин

Pavel

Valentina Kibardina
Валентина Кибардина

Veronika's Mother

Grigoriy Gay
Григорий Гай

NKVD officer

Bronius Babkauskas
Bronius Babkauskas

Grigoriy

Vladimir Drobyshevskiy
Vladimir Drobyshevskiy

Bit-Part

Vladimir Kudrevich
Владимир Кудревич

Speaker on the Meeting

Aleksandr Rogovin
Александр Роговин

Bit-Part

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    Based on the real letters of Veronika, a young girl in partizans squad during WWII.

  • Release Date

    1965-03-08

  • Average

    5

  • Rating:

    2.5 starts
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  • Languages:

    Pусский

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