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The Earthquake
The Earthquake

The Earthquake

Genres

Drama

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After the devastating Spitak earthquake of December 7th, Konstantin Berezhnoy, a 50-year-old Russian, and Robert Melkonyan, a 28-year-old Armenian, work together to rescue the desperate survivors.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Runtime

101 mins

Rating

6.6/10

Release Date

01 December 2016

Country

Armenia

Cast

Konstantin Lavronenko

Konstantin Lavronenko

Konstantin Berezhnoy

Mariya Mironova

Mariya Mironova

Anna Berezhnaya

Artyom Bystrov

Artyom Bystrov

crane operator

Sabina Akhmedova

Sabina Akhmedova

Gayanz

Arevik Martirosyan

Arevik Martirosyan

Marina

Hrant Tokhatyan

Hrant Tokhatyan

district

Sebastien Sisak

Sebastien Sisak

Dide

Sos Janibekyan

Sos Janibekyan

Senik

Arsen Grigoryan

Arsen Grigoryan

'Ryzhiy'

Michael Poghosian

Michael Poghosian

Erem

Marjan Avetisyan

Marjan Avetisyan

Arsen's mother

Mikael Aramyan

Mikael Aramyan

Supen

Sargis Grigoryan

Sargis Grigoryan

Varzh

Viktor Stepanyan

Viktor Stepanyan

Robert Melkonyan

Daniil Muravev-Izotov

Daniil Muravev-Izotov

Vanya Berezhnoy

Michael Janibekyan

Michael Janibekyan

Misha

Tatev Ovakimyan

Tatev Ovakimyan

Lilit

Asmik Aleksanyan

Asmik Aleksanyan

Ashkhen

Aram Novosardyan

Aram Novosardyan

'Kucheryavyy'

Artak Kazaryan

Artak Kazaryan

Crying man

Artem Shklyaev

Artem Shklyaev

Arseniy

Anastasiya Savkina

Anastasiya Savkina

Katya Berezhnaya

Vruyr Harutyunyan

Vruyr Harutyunyan

Neighborhood father

Elena Osipova

Elena Osipova

Medsestra

Armen Markaryan

Armen Markaryan

Armen

Irina Bezrukova

Irina Bezrukova

stewardess

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