

Freeze, Die, Come to Life
1990-08-01 · 105 min · ★ 6.3
Stuck in a mining town near Vladivostok in 1947 amongst Soviet exiles and Japanese POWs (Japanese prisoners remained in Siberia for years after the war had ended), the kids have to come up with something to keep them busy. Two friends, Valerka and Galia, play some peculiar, very dangerous games of their own amid the man-made wasteland of Suchan.
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- Directors
- Vitali Kanevsky
- Production companies
- SPiEF, Lenfilm, Trinity Bridge Studio
- Countries
- Soviet Union
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Dinara DrukarovaGalia
Elena PopovaValerka's mother
Valeri Ivchenko
Vyacheslav BambushekVitka
Vadim YermolayevSchool principal
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