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Freeze, Die, Come to Life
Freeze, Die, Come to Life

Freeze, Die, Come to Life

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Drama

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Stuck in a mining town near Vladivostok in 1947 amongst Soviet exiles and Japanese POWs (Japanese prisoners remained in Siberia for years after the war had ended), the kids have to come up with something to keep them busy. Two friends, Valerka and Galia, play some peculiar, very dangerous games of their own amid the man-made wasteland of Suchan.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Runtime

105 mins

Rating

6.5/10

Release Date

01 August 1990

Country

Soviet Union

Cast

Dinara Drukarova

Dinara Drukarova

Galia

Pavel Nazarov

Pavel Nazarov

Valerka

Elena Popova

Elena Popova

Valerka's mother

Valeri Ivchenko

Valeri Ivchenko

Nikolay Mikheev

Nikolay Mikheev

Vyacheslav Bambushek

Vyacheslav Bambushek

Vitka

Vadim Yermolayev

Vadim Yermolayev

School principal

Valentina Kosobutskaya

Valentina Kosobutskaya

V. Ivanov

V. Ivanov

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