Russia's Heart (1970)
Reminiscing the 1917 Russian October Revolution, a time when the films' director was 14 years old.
Top billed cast
Vladimir TatosovSverdlov
Aleksandr GaiDzerzhinsky
Oleg TabakovUsiyevich
Viktor Avdyushko
Aleksey Eybozhenko
Igor Kashintsev
Afanasi Kochetkov
Viktor Korshunov
Leonid KhmaraNarrator (voice)
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