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Summary
Enraged, a teacher murders a young pupil. Over the years, another boy is bred for one sole purpose: to avenge his sister’s death.
Where to watch
Not streaming in any country yet.
At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 74GoodWatch 69
Letterboxd · 3 K ratings3.7/5
IMDb7.2
Running time
1 h 40 min
A typical length for dramas, −9 min on the typical 109
typical 109100Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
To rent or buy in 4 countries
Released
1990
April 23, 1990
36 years ago
Genres
DramaHistoryLanguage
Russian
Original language
Also spoken
KoreanMade in
Russia
and 10 more14 people
- Aleksandr PanSungu Tsai/ The Poet
- Valentina TyoWife of Yan Ge
- Kasym ZhakibayevCaj
- Lyubov GermanovaElza
- Oleg LeeOld king/ Old monk
- Juozas BudraitisTall dumb man
- Zinaida EmNemaja
- Maksim MunzukOld Yan Ge
Yerik ZholzhaksynovYoung king
Nikolai TacheyevYoung Yan Ge
Oleg FominLyosha
Olga YenzakOld woman
Baiten OmarovMr. Gu- PYPyotr YanYoung Sungu
Directing · 5
- Yermek Shinarbayev Director
- Olga Gashkova Assistant Director
- Sergey Kopytin Co-Director
- Emma Folk Assistant Director
- Ardak Zhilisbaeva Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Anatoli Kim Screenplay
- Galina Teplitskaya Script Editor
Production · 4
- Ulyan Dubinin Production Manager
- Valeriy Skorikov Production Manager
- Lyudmila Dubova Administration
- Gennadiy Chalykh Administration
Camera · 3
- Sergei Kosmanev Director of Photography
- Adil Musaev Camera Operator
- Sergey Engoli Camera Operator
Editing · 1
- Polina Shtain Lead Editor
Sound · 4
- Vladislav Shut Original Music Composer
- Emin Khachaturyan Conductor
- Aiken Kuatbaeva Music Editor
- Gulsara Mukataeva Sound Director
Art · 1
- Elena Eliseeva-Susekova Production Design
Costume & Make-Up · 4
- Elena Svavilnaya Costume Design
- Valentina Milevskaya Assistant Costume Designer
- Lyudmila Dzheksembayeva Makeup Designer
- Lidiya Ordynskaya Makeup Designer
Visual Effects · 2
- Albert Rudachenko VFX Artist
- Viktor Zhanov Visual Effects Camera
Lighting · 1
- Anatoliy Sklyar Gaffer
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