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Private Chronicles: Monologue

Private Chronicles: Monologue

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The collective life of the generation born as Jurij Gagarin became the first man in space. Vitaly Mansky has woven together a fictional biography – taken from over 5.000 hours of film material, and 20.000 still pictures made for home use. A moving document of the fictional, but nonetheless true life of the generation who grew up in this time of huge change and upheaval.

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Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Runtime

97 mins

Rating

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Release Date

01 January 1999

Country

Finland

Cast

Aleksandr Tsekalo

Aleksandr Tsekalo

narrator

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