Frenchman

Frenchman

Frenchman

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Frenchman

1988

1h 18m

5.0(9 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Overview

Two years after the end of the war, Anna is raising her two sons all by herself. After her husband suddenly comes back from captivity, the boys struggle to get used to the father they have nearly forgotten.

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Production Companies

Gorky Film Studios

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Sergey Shakurov

Sergey Shakurov

Anatoly Ivanovich

Yevgeniya Simonova

Yevgeniya Simonova

Anna

Leonid Yarmolnik

Leonid Yarmolnik

Seva

Semyon Farada

Semyon Farada

Semyon Abramovich

Igor Sklyar

Igor Sklyar

Captain

Boris Gitin

Boris Gitin

Kostya

Evgeniy Krylov

Evgeniy Krylov

Beanpole

Kirill Maslov

Kirill Maslov

Hook

Aleksandr Biryukov

Vlad

Yuri Zvyagintsev

Yuri Zvyagintsev

Viktor

Creative team

Directed by: Galina Daneliya-Yurkova
Written by: Georgiy Daneliya
Sergei Bodrov

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