The Witness (2023)
A Russian war propaganda film about a virtuoso violinist from Belgium witnessing war crimes.
Top billed cast
Karen BadalovDaniel Cohen
Yuliya AfanasyevaYana
Aleksandr DyachenkoDmitriy Panchak
Oleg KomarovLev Sakhnovetskiy
Serafima NizovskayaBrigitta Toysberg
Dmitriy BlokhinGolovko
Mariya Bokovazhenshchina s synom
Evrika AllaverdontsZhenshchina
Roman FrolovVoditel
Viktor Rakov
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