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Top Russian movie stars play in this drama series about the 1991 civil war threat in Uzbekistan. Musicians from a small military orchestra leave their regimen to play at a local wedding. When they return, they find all their barracks empty. Their regiment has received an urgent redeployment order and left. All of a sudden, a militant group appears from the mountains. They have crossed the border planning to stir a civil war and threatening to kill everyone in their way, even women and children. So, instead of catching up with the regiment, the musicians decide to stay and fight for the innocent civilians.
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Top Russian movie stars play in this drama series about the 1991 civil war threat in Uzbekistan. Musicians from a small military orchestra leave their regimen to play at a local wedding. When they return, they find all their barracks empty. Their regiment has received an urgent redeployment order and left. All of a sudden, a militant group appears from the mountains. They have crossed the border planning to stir a civil war and threatening to kill everyone in their way, even women and children. So, instead of catching up with the regiment, the musicians decide to stay and fight for the innocent civilians.
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Genre:War, Drama
Written By:Dmitry Lanchikhin, Ilya Tilkin
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Cast
Karen Oganesyan
Director
Vladimir Mashkov
Михаил Карякин
Olga Medynich
Надя, врач
Aleksei Shevchenkov
Андрей Данилыч, прапорщик
Sabina Akhmedova
Тамара, мать Графова
Eugeny Chubar
Евгений Шаров, музыкант оркестра
Gleb Bochkov
Егор Чаковский, музыкант оркестра Мои звёзды
Oleg Galakhov
Орлов, подполковник
Sergey Dyakov
Семён Бенштайн (Беня)
Sergey Dvoynikov
Сергей Конашин
Zarina Mengli
Эля
Konstantin Milovanov
Ионов, старший лейтенант милиции
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