Visiting the Minotaur
Genres
Overview
The detective story is based on the search for Antonio Stradivari's missing violin. This is one storyline of the film, but there is also a second, historical storyline that takes the viewer back to the 17th century and focuses on the life of the Master and his work on the violin.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
0 min
Release Date
1987-11-09
Status
Released
Original Language
Russian
Vote Count
10
Vote Average
6.3
Sergey Shakurov
Тихонов
Vladimir Samoylov
Прокурор
Laimonas Noreika
Поляков
Valentin Gaft
Иконников
Lev Borisov
Обольников
Grigoriy Lyampe
Халецкий
Rostislav Plyatt
Амати
Sergey Shakurov
Страдивари
Aleksandr Filippenko
Белаш
Mikhail Pugovkin
Мельник
Natalya Arinbasarova
Марина, музыковед
Anna Kamenkova
Nechaeva
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