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The Elusive Revengers
Danka's and Ksanka's childhood in the village brutally ends when their father is killed by a White Guard officer in front of their eyes. Seeking revenge, they join forces with Valerka, an intellectual from big city, and the gipsy Yashka, but before they can get close to their enemy they have to help their village and the advancing Red Army.
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Danka's and Ksanka's childhood in the village brutally ends when their father is killed by a White Guard officer in front of their eyes. Seeking revenge, they join forces with Valerka, an intellectual from big city, and the gipsy Yashka, but before they can get close to their enemy they have to help their village and the advancing Red Army.
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Genre:Action, Adventure, Family
Written By:Edmond Keosayan, Sergey Yermolinsky
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Studio:Mosfilm
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Edmond Keosayan
Director
Vasiliy Vasilev
Yashka
Viktor Kosykh
Danka
Valentina Kurdyukova
Ksanka
Mikhail Metyolkin
Valerka
Efim Kopelyan
ataman Gnat Burnash
Savely Kramarov
Ilyukha
Boris Sichkin
Buba Kastorskiy
Vladimir Treshchalov
Sidor Lyutyy
Vladimir Belokurov
otets-filosof
Lev Sverdlin
Semyon Budyonnyy
Gennadiy Yukhtin
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