Assa
Nov 01 1987
•3h 33m
•Crime, Drama, Romance, Music
ASSA is set in Crimea during the winter in the mid eighties. A young musician (Bananan) falls for mobster's (Krymov) young mistress (Alika). The parallel story line involves an 18th century assassination plot.
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Sergei Bugayev
Бананан
Tatyana Drubich
Алика
Stanislav Govorukhin
Андрей Валентинович Крымов
Aleksandr Bashirov
«Майор» Шурик
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