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White Nights
White Nights

White Nights

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DramaRomance

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Based on the short story of the same name by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, it is about a young man living in Saint Petersburg who suffers from loneliness. He gets to know and falls in love with a young woman, but the love remains unrequited as the woman misses her lover, with whom she is finally reunited.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Runtime

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Rating

7.4/10

Release Date

01 January 1959

Country

Soviet Union

Cast

Oleg Strizhenov

Oleg Strizhenov

Dreamer

Lyudmila Marchenko

Lyudmila Marchenko

Nastenka

Vera Popova

Vera Popova

grandmother

Anatoli Fedorinov

Anatoli Fedorinov

tenant

Svetlana Kharitonova

Svetlana Kharitonova

Fyokla

Irina Skobtseva

Irina Skobtseva

duchess

Ariadna Shengelaia

Ariadna Shengelaia

slave girl

Yakov Belenkiy

Yakov Belenkiy

duke

Sergei Troitsky

Sergei Troitsky

merchant

Yevgeni Morgunov

Yevgeni Morgunov

warder

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