Gone with the Horses
May 10 1997
•2h 41m
•Student Ivan falls in love with Nadia, the wife of a rich businessman. The passion that has engulfed them prompts Nadia to leave her husband, and Ivan to give up his prestigious lawyer job in Moscow.
Cast
See allVladimir Kachan
Valentina Kosobutskaya
Gennadi Pechnikov
Andrey Sokolov
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