03 Oct 1999
Animal Farm
Animals on a farm lead a revolution against the farmers to put their destiny in their own hands. However this revolution eats their own children and they cannot avoid corruption.
We the Living, Part One
At 18, the beautiful and intelligent Kira comes to Petersburg as the Communists consolidate power. She rebuffs a cousin who rises in the Party and may remember the slight. She falls in love with Leo, the son of an aristocrat, who gets into political trouble and never gets out.
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Fosco Giachetti Andrei Taganov
Alida Valli Kira Argounova
Rossano Brazzi Leo Kovalenski
Emilio Cigoli Pavel Sjerov
Giovanni Grasso Stephan Tishenko
Annibale Betrone Vassili Dunaev
Elvira Betrone Maria Petrovna Dunaev
Sennuccio Benelli Saska
Cesarina Gheraldi La Compagna Sonja
Silvia Manto Mariska
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