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Mirror for a Hero
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Mirror for a Hero

1988-04-16 · 139 min · ★ 6.0

Drama · Fantasy · Science Fiction

Sergei and Andrei are walking through a city park and see that a film shoot set just post World War II is taking place . They climb over the park fence to get a better view but hit some cable lying on the ground and find themselves in the past - on May 8, 1949, a day which they seem doomed to relive over and over again.

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Directors
Vladimir Khotinenko
Production companies
Sverdlovsk Film Studio
Countries
Soviet Union
Status
Released

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Sergey KoltakovSergey KoltakovСергей Кириллович Пшеничный
Ivan BortnikIvan BortnikАндрей Иванович Немчинов
Boris GalkinBoris GalkinКирилл Иванович Пшеничный
Feliks StepunFeliks StepunКирилл Иванович Пшеничный
Natalya AkimovaNatalya AkimovaЛида - мать Сергея
Elena GolyanovaElena GolyanovaРоза - рабочая на шахте
Yakov StepanovYakov StepanovСашка-танкист
Viktor SmirnovViktor SmirnovАлексей Николаевич Тюкин
Nikolay StotskiyNikolay StotskiyФёдор Петренко
Sergei ParshinSergei ParshinПухарев
Valentin AronyanValentin Aronyanшахтёр
Aleksandr PeskovAleksandr PeskovРябенко - милиционер
Mikhail Chernobrovkin
Denis Tsys
Elena KozlitinaElena Kozlitinaжена Сергея
Vladimir Alekseev
V. Gaevaya
V. Makhota
Valentina Efimova
Lyudmila Sedova

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