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The Thief
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The Thief

1997-10-13 · 96 min · ★ 7.0

Drama · Crime

Katya and her 6-year-old son Sanya, who, in 1952, meet a veteran Soviet officer named Tolyan. Katya falls in love with Tolyan, who turns out to be a small time criminal, but who also becomes a father figure to Sanya ...

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Directors
Pavel Chukhray
Production companies
Canal+, CNC, Productions Le Pont, Roissy Films, Russian State Committee for Cinematography, Profit
Countries
Russia, France
Status
Released
Budget
USD 2,000,000
Revenue
USD 1,126,506

Top Cast

Vladimir MashkovVladimir MashkovTolyan
Yekaterina RednikovaYekaterina RednikovaKatya
Mikhail FilipchukSanya
Yuri BelyayevYuri BelyayevOld Sanya
Amaliya MordvinovaAmaliya MordvinovaDoctor's wife
Natalya PozdnyakovaNatalya PozdnyakovaБухгалтерша
Lidiya SavchenkoLidiya SavchenkoAunt Tanya
Anatoliy KoshcheevAnatoliy Koshcheev
Anna ShtukaturovaAnna Shtukaturovathe limping girl
Ervand ArzumanyanErvand ArzumanyanAccountant
Olga PashkovaOlga PashkovaActress
Dima ChigaryovTeenage Sanya
Lyudmila SelyanskayaAlcoholic woman
Galina PetrovaGalina PetrovaVarvara
Evgeniy PopovEvgeniy Popov
Aleksandr DedyushkoAleksandr Dedyushko
Yuriy MitrofanovYuriy Mitrofanov
Stepan StarchikovStepan Starchikov
Kseniya EntelisKseniya Entelis
Natalya PikulaNatalya Pikula

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