
Challenge
1981-10-10 · Runtime unavailable · ★ 6.0
Based on the play of the same name by G. Markov and E. Shim. About the difficult yet creative journey of the Siberian scientist Alexei Krayukhin.
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- Directors
- Vladimir Andreyev
- Production companies
- Gosteleradio USSR, Central Television USSR
- Countries
- Soviet Union
- Status
- Released
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Aleksandr Potapov
Zinaida Andreeva
Viktor Korshunov
Evgeni Burenkov
Afanasi Kochetkov
Yaroslav Baryshev
Vladimir Bogin
Nikolay Vereshchenko
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