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The Guard
The Guard

The Guard

Genres

Drama

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Young soldiers of the Soviet Internal Troops are brutally bullied during their time of Dedovshchina(hazing). The plot unfolds mostly on board of a prisoner transport rail car guarded by a unit of paramilitary conscripts.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Runtime

96 mins

Rating

4.182/10

Release Date

01 August 1990

Country

Soviet Union

Cast

Aleksei Buldakov

Aleksei Buldakov

Paromov

Sergey Kupriyanov

Sergey Kupriyanov

Andrey Iveren

Aleksandr Smirnov

Aleksandr Smirnov

Private Khaustov

Vasiliy Domrachyov

Vasiliy Domrachyov

Private Nishchenkin

Aleksey Poluyan

Aleksey Poluyan

Mazur

Taras Denysenko

Taras Denysenko

Korchenyuk

Andrei Zertsalov

Andrei Zertsalov

Conductor

Dmitriy Iosifov

Dmitriy Iosifov

Zhokhin

Rinat Ibragimov

Rinat Ibragimov

Rinat Ibragimov

Mikhail Kirilyuk

Mikhail Kirilyuk

Aleksey Zaytsev

Aleksey Zaytsev

Convict

Valery Kravchenko

Valery Kravchenko

Khorkov

Nikita Mikhajlovsky

Nikita Mikhajlovsky

Convict

Vladimir Yurev

Vladimir Yurev

Pavel Kornakov

Pavel Kornakov

Mariya Belkina

Mariya Belkina

Albina

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