Down with Commerce on the Love Front, or Reciprocal Services
Dec 01 1988
•1h 15m
•Comedy, Drama
Comedy based on the story of M. Zoshchenko "Do Not Speculate." The story of how the wife "sold" her own husband.
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Galina Petrova
Galya Dyomina
Raisa Mukhametshina
Larisa Pavlovna
Sergei Artsybashev
Sergey Nikolayevich
Vasiliy Mishchenko
Vasya Mishchenko
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