

Vysotsky: Thank You For Being Alive
2011-12-01 · 127 min · ★ 6.2
Russian poet, singer and actor Vladimir Vysotsky was an idol of the 1970s and ’80s. In 1980, at the age of 42, he passed away during the Moscow Olympic Games. This is the story of his last great love as handed down to his son from a family friend. Written by nitorch.
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- Directors
- Pyotr Buslov
- Production companies
- Monumental Pictures, Cinema Directorate Studio, Algous studio, CGF Films, Channel One, Cinema Foundation of Russia
- Countries
- Russia
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 12,000,000
Top Cast
Sergey BezrukovVladimir Vysotsky / Yura
Andrei SmolyakovPolkovnik KGB Viktor Bekhteev
Oksana AkinshinaTatyana Ivleva
Ivan UrgantSeva Kulagin
Maksim LeonidovPavel Leonidov
Andrei PaninAnatoly Nefyodov
Vladimir IlinPolkovnik KGB from Moscow
Dmitriy AstrakhanLeonid Fridman
Anna ArdovaDirector of Palace of Culture
Vladimir Menshov
Sergey ShakurovSemyon Vladimirovich Vysotsky
Alla PokrovskayaNina Maksimovna Vysotskaya
Vladimir Zaytsev
Vladimir Kapustin
Elena Papanovaрегистратор в Ташкентском аэропорту
Konstantin StrelnikovYuri, KGB officer
Igor Chernevich
Irina Byakova
Seydulla Moldakhanov
Shukhrat IrgashevGeneral KGB IsrailovTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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