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The Penal Battalion

2004-09-20 · 50 min / episode · ★ 7.3

Drama · War & Politics · Action & Adventure

Drama of the penalty parts of political prisoners, who fought on the Soviet fronts.

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Creators
Eduard Volodarskiy, Nicolay Dostal
Production companies
Etalon-Film, MacDos
Countries
Russia
Status
Ended

Top Cast

Aleksey SerebryakovAleksey SerebryakovVasilii Tverdokhlebov
Yuri StepanovYuri StepanovAntip "Kulak" Glymov
Aleksandr BashirovAleksandr BashirovStirah
Iliya KovrizhnykhTzukerman
Aleksei ZharkovAleksei ZharkovLykov
Andrey MerzlikinAndrey MerzlikinBredounov
Olga KalashnikovaOlga KalashnikovaSveta
Aleksey OshurkovAleksey OshurkovShilkin
Timofey TribuntsevTimofey TribuntsevChoudilin
Maksim DrozdMaksim DrozdBoulyga
Polina KutepovaPolina KutepovaKaterina
Yuri ShibanovBourykin
Dmitri NazarovDmitri NazarovOtetz (padre) Mikhail
Roman MadyanovRoman MadyanovKharchenko
Mikhail YeremeyevMikhail YeremeyevRodiansky
Andrey SmolyakovAndrey SmolyakovBaukin
Vasiliy MishchenkoVasiliy MishchenkoSvetlichniy
Viktor SuprunViktor SuprunShlykov
Kirill PletnyovKirill PletnyovDubinin
Pavel DerevyankoPavel DerevyankoTsypa

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