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Velvet Season
Velvet Season

Velvet Season

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In the fall of 1938, three former fighters of the international brigade — russian Shukhov, frenchman Henri and american Liz — fall into a resort town on the border of Spain and France. Having met a nurse who is supposed to send Spanish children to Corsica, they decide to help her. However, a fascist rebellion suddenly breaks out in the city, and the children are held hostage to criminals.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Runtime

97 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

08 December 1978

Country

Soviet Union

Cast

Juozas Budraitis

Juozas Budraitis

Nicholas / Nikolai Shukhov

Tatyana Sidorenko

Tatyana Sidorenko

Marie

Aleksandr Lazarev

Aleksandr Lazarev

Henri

Valentina Ignatyeva

Valentina Ignatyeva

Liz

Sergey Bondarchuk

Sergey Bondarchuk

Richard Bradbury

Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy

Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy

Police commissioner

Nikolay Kryuchkov

Nikolay Kryuchkov

Burr

Algimantas Masiulis

Algimantas Masiulis

Bernard

Viktor Sergachyov

Viktor Sergachyov

Georges Grenier

Yuriy Yakovlev

Yuriy Yakovlev

De Braschen

Igor Vasilev

Igor Vasilev

Paradieu

Lev Polyakov

Lev Polyakov

François

Viktor Filippov

Viktor Filippov

Nicholas's assistant

Irina Skobtseva

Irina Skobtseva

Mrs. Bradbury

Aleksandr Vokach

Aleksandr Vokach

Mayor

Andrei Beloruchev

Andrei Beloruchev

Jacques

Alyona Bondarchuk

Alyona Bondarchuk

Betty

Gerasim Lisitsyan

Gerasim Lisitsyan

Sheikh

Inna Ulyanova

Inna Ulyanova

Grenier's wife

Dušan Janićijević

Dušan Janićijević

Entertainer

Yuriy Mochalov

Yuriy Mochalov

Paradieu's assistant

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