

Silver Skates
2020-12-10 · 136 min · ★ 7.5
1899, the Christmas-time St.Petersburg. Ice-covered rivers and canals of the capital seethe with festive activities. On the eve of the new century those who should not be destined to meet, come together. They are people from different worlds: Matvey, the son of a lamplighter, whose only treasure is his silver-plated skates; Alice is the daughter of a high-ranking official dreaming of science. Each of them has his own difficult life-story, but having accidentally met they rush forward together in pursuit of their dreams.
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- Directors
- Michael Lockshin
- Production companies
- KIT Film Studio, Studio Trite, Kinoslovo, Central Partnership, Russia 1, Cinema Foundation of Russia
- Countries
- Russia
- Status
- Released
- Revenue
- USD 7,099,734
Top Cast
Fedor FedotovMatvey
Sonia PrissAlisa
Aleksey GuskovNikolai Nikolaevitch
Yuri KolokolnikovVelikiy Knyaz
Severija JanušauskaitėSeverina
Kirill ZaytsevArkadiy
Yura BorisovAlex
Aleksandra RevenkoMargo
Timofey TribuntsevPetr
Sergey KoltakovDmitriy Mendeleev
Yan Reshetnikovfootman
Denis LavantFourier
Cathy BeltonMiss Jackson
Vasily KopeikinMukha
Vera Pleshanovalady on the waterfront
Mikhail ShelomentsevCount
Dmitry Lysenkovdoctor
Arkadiy KovalNikolai Nikolaevich's governor
Dmitriy Murashevcolleague
Valeriy Kukhareshinolder cookTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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