Nastya
Jul 01 1994
•1h 29m
•Comedy, Romance
A young Russian store clerk has a drab existence in times of shortages and is berated by her ailing mother for not seeing men. So she brings home an unknown young man who she met on the tram. She dreams many things but pines for this man.
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Polina Kutepova
Настя
Irina Markova
Настя после превращения
Valery Nikolaev
Саша Пичугин
Evgeni Leonov
Яков Алексеевич, директор магазина канцтоваров
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