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DecentGoodWatch scoreSummary
A young married couple from Soviet Union - ice skater and a professional athlete - both are in New York. He is asking for asylum - so his wife must make a choice: return home or stay with her husband. Based on real events.
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 61GoodWatch 57
IMDb6.1
Running time
2 h 10 min
Longer than most thrillers, +26 min on the typical 104
typical 104130Half of all thrillers run 94–118 min.
Released
1986
February 17, 1986
40 years ago
Genres
ThrillerDramaLanguage
Russian
Original language
Made in
Russia
and 5 more46 people
- Larisa PolyakovaIrina Panina
- NKNikolai KochnevArtyom Ivanovich Gordeev
- NANikolai AlyoshinPavel Petrovich Kurzanov
- ABAleksandr BabanovGleb Antonovich
- YYYevgeni YakhontovDaniil Andreevich
- GKGerman KatyushchenkoAleksey Rodionovich
- AIAleksandr IvanovValentin Nikolaevich
- AKAleksandr KolesnikovMisha
- Vilnis BekerisMichael Drake
- GKGeorgi KarelskyDesjugion Beagle
- VPVitali PolyakovAtkins
- Aivars SilinsForrest
- YSYuri ShadrinIvan Kirillovich
- ISI. Skvortsovshturman
- VLViktor Lenbortinzhener
- VSV. Shtirovvtoroy pilot
- YLYe. LyapinaZoya
- IBIrina BelozyorovaLena
- GKG. KryukovaEkaterina
- ASA. SlavinaNina Ivanovna
- Valentin BukinFyodor
- AKA. Komplinovpassazhir-pensioner
- VYV. Yakovetssredniy tyazheloves
- GMG. Mikhaylovtyazheloves v kurtke
Directing · 7
- Sergey Mikaelyan Director, Screenplay
- Valeri Bychenkov Co-Director
- Larisa Gromova Assistant Director
- Anna Tubenshlyak Co-Director
- Tatyana Komarova Assistant Director
- Viktoriya Dubrovskaya Assistant Director
Writing · 1
- Mikhail Kurayev Script Editor
Production · 6
- Genrikh Khokhlov Executive Producer
- Valentina Ovcharenko Administration
- Vladimir Konstantinov Administration
- Tamara Ponomarenko Administration
- Aleksandr Kabakov Administration
- Mikhail Kirilyuk Administration
Camera · 5
- Sergey Astakhov Director of Photography
- Valery Revich Assistant Camera
- Lev Golubev Camera Operator
- Sergey Sidorov Assistant Camera
- Yuri Trunilov Still Photographer
Editing · 4
- Izolda Golovko Lead Editor
- Elfrida Martynova Assistant Editor
- Anelia Umikova Colorist
- N. Rodchenko Assistant Editor
Sound · 2
- Sergei Banevich Original Music Composer
- Galina Lukina Sound Director
Art · 3
- Yelizaveta Urlina Production Design
- Mikhail Suzdalov Decorator
- Ye. Nikolayeva Decorator
Costume & Make-Up · 4
- Andzhela Sapunova Costume Design
- Galina Nikolaeva Costume Design
- Nikolay Pilyavskiy Key Makeup Artist
- Yelena Kozlova Key Makeup Artist
Visual Effects · 3
- Lev Kholmov VFX Artist
- Oleg Drutskoy Visual Effects Camera
- Dmitriy Zhelubovskiy Visual Effects Camera
Lighting · 1
- Mikhail Brovarnik Gaffer
Other crew · 1
- Aleksey Mayorov Scientific Consultant
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