We the Living, Part Two (1942)
After having been captured in a Crimea during a failed attempt to flee overseas, Leo returns in Petersburg for Kira.
Top billed cast
Alida ValliKira Argounova
Fosco GiachettiAndrej Taganov
Rossano BrazziLeo Kovalenski
Emilio CigoliPavel Sjerov
Giovanni GrassoTishenko
Silvia MantoMariska
Gioia ColleiAcia Dunaev
Lamberto PicassoIl capo della G.P.U.
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