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Aerograd (1935)
A Russian outpost in Eastern Siberia comes under threat of attack by the Japanese. Aerograd is a new town with a strategically located airfield of vital interest to the government. Work on the new outpost is complicated when tensions develop between workers and a religious sect. Relations between the two countries are further strained in the days before World War II, dating back to the Russo-Japanese War of 1905.
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A Russian outpost in Eastern Siberia comes under threat of attack by the Japanese. Aerograd is a new town with a strategically located airfield of vital interest to the government. Work on the new outpost is complicated when tensions develop between workers and a religious sect. Relations between the two countries are further strained in the days before World War II, dating back to the Russo-Japanese War of 1905.
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Genre:Drama, Action
Written By:Alexander Dovzhenko, Nikolai Simonov
In Theaters:12/27/1935
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Runtime:82 minutes
Studio:Mosfilm, Dovzhenko Film Studios
Cast
Alexander Dovzhenko
Director
Stepan Shahaida
Stepan Glushchak, old partisan
Sergey Stolyarov
Volodymyr Glushchak, pilot
Stepan Shkurat
Vasyl Khudiakov
G. Tsoi
Wang Lin, Stepan's friend
Nikon Tabunasov
aboriginal
Leonid Kan
Japanese saboteur
I. Kim
Japanese saboteur
Boris Dobronravov
Anikii Shavanov, old Believer
Yekaterina Melnikova
Stepan's wife
Yuliia Tsai
Volodymyr's wife
Vadim Gusev
old believer's son
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