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The Guide

2014

2h 0m

7.7(33 votes)

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Overview

American boy Peter and blind minstrel Ivan are thrown together by fate amidst the turbulent mid-30s Soviet Ukraine.

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Cast & Crew

25 members

Acting

Anton Sviatoslav Greene

Peter Shamrock

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Stanislav Boklan

Ivan Kocherga

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Jamala

Olha

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Jeff Burrell

Michael Shamrock

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Oleksandr Kobzar

Comrade Vladimir

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Олег Примогенов

Mykola Sytnyk

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Іryna Sanіna

Orysia

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Andrew Franchuk

Harris

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Veronika Shostak

Natalka

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Eduard Bezrodnyi

Arkadii

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Fedir Stryhun

Master Bohdan

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Andrii Bilous

Comdiv

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Taras Kompanichenko

Bandurist Taras

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Taras Denysenko

Folklorist

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Борис Георгієвський

Collective farm chairman

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Oleksandr Hetmanskyi

Commissioner of the OGPU

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Petro Panchuk

Panotets of kobzars

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Василь Баша

Chairman of the Music Commission

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Ігор Гнєзділов

Head of explosive works

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Volodymyr Shpudeiko

Announcer / Chechitochnik

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Serhii Maliuha

Policeman at the fair

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Василь Бендас

Newspaperman Boris

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Myroslav Yuzefovych

Kuchuhura

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Софія Білаш

Sofiika

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Vladimir Belyaev

Myron

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