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MediocreGoodWatch scoreSummary
A film based on the biography of the famous Russian balalaika player Vasili Vasilevich Andreev (1867-1918), a self-taught virtuoso musician, who brought balalaika to the concert stage.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 77GoodWatch 54
IMDb7.7
Running time
1 h 37 min
Shorter than most history movies, −25 min on the typical 122
typical 12297Half of all history movies run 108–138 min.
Released
1988
January 1, 1988
38 years ago
Genres
HistoryMusicLanguage
Russian
Original language
Made in
Russia
Directing · 2
- Pavel Kadochnikov Director, Writer
- Oleg Dashkevich Director
Writing · 1
- Georgi Smirnov Writer
Camera · 1
- Aleksandr Chirov Director of Photography
Sound · 1
- Vladislav Kladnitskiy Music
Art · 1
- Aleksei Fedotov Production Design
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