

The Witness
2023-08-17 · 127 min · ★ 6.7
A Russian war propaganda film about a virtuoso violinist from Belgium witnessing war crimes.
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Production details
- Directors
- David Dadunashvili
- Production companies
- Central Partnership, AP Entertainment
- Countries
- Russia
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 1,700,000
Top Cast
Karen BadalovDaniel Cohen
Yuliya AfanasyevaYana
Aleksandr DyachenkoDmitriy Panchak
Oleg KomarovLev Sakhnovetskiy
Serafima NizovskayaBrigitta Toysberg
Dmitriy BlokhinGolovko
Mariya Bokovazhenshchina s synom
Evrika AllaverdontsZhenshchina
Roman FrolovVoditel
Viktor Rakov
Isa Novikov
Olivier Siou
Vladimir Zagorodnyuk
Daria Kovalevskaia
Aleksey Malashkin
Vasily Michkov
Georges Devdariani
Елена Яблочная
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