The Stationmaster | |
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Directed by | Sergei Solovyov |
Written by | Sergei Solovyov Alexander Pushkin |
Produced by | Viktor Tsirul |
Starring | Nikolai Pastukhov Nikita Mikhalkov Marianna Kushnerova |
Narrated by | Gennady Shumsky (on behalf of Ivan Belkin) |
Cinematography | Leonid Kalashnikov |
Edited by | A. Abramova |
Music by | Isaac Schwartz |
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Running time | 68 minutes |
Country | Soviet Union |
Language | Russian |
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