Dovlatov
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Dovlatov charts six days in the life of a brilliant, ironic writer who saw far beyond the rigid limits of 70s Soviet Russia. Sergei Dovlatov fought to preserve his own talent and decency with poet and writer Joseph Brodsky, while watching his artist friends got crushed by the iron-willed state machinery.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2018-02-27
Runtime: 126 mins
Director: Aleksei German Jr.
Spoken language: Español, suomi, Pусский
Genres: Drama
Original title: Dovlatov
Production Companies: MetraFilms, Art and Pop Corn, Message Film, SAGa, Eurimages, Channel One, Lenfilm, Sever Studio, Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, Cinema Foundation of Russia
Production Countries: Poland, Russia, Serbia
Cast
Milan Marić
Danila Kozlovsky
Helena Sujecka
Eva Gerr
Arthur Beschastny
Anton Shagin
Svetlana Khodchenkova
Elena Lyadova
Igor Mityushkin
Piotr Gąsowski
Tamara Oganesyan
Anna Ekaterininskaya
Sergei Tolstov
Hanna Śleszyńska
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