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Of Freaks and Men is a film of genre Drama directed by Aleksei Balabanov with Sergei Makovetsky
Of Freaks and Men (1998)
Про уродов и людей
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Add to a movie listOf Freaks and Men (Russian: Про уродов и людей; Pro urodov i lyudey) is a 1998 Russian film directed by Alexei Balabanov.
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L'histoire de deux familles de Saint-Petersbourg au début du XXe siècle. Celle du docteur Stasov et sa femme qui ont adopté dix-sept ans auparavant deux enfants siamois originaires de Mongolie et la famille Radlov, beaucoup plus modeste.Actors
Sergei Makovetsky
(Johann)
Dinara Droukarova
(Liza)
Viktor Soukhoroukov
(Viktor Ivanovich)
Iouri Galtsev
(impresario)
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