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Quick Info

Rating

5.9/10

Release1999

Runtime2h 27m

StatusReleased

BudgetN/A

Revenue$1,113

Production

Gosfilmfond Russia

CNC

Goskino USSR

La Sept Cinéma

Orimi

Sodaperaga Productions

Tetroagroprombank

Lenfilm

Russia-1

Movie

Khrustalyov, My Car!

1999

2h 27m

5.9

Comedy

Drama

Synopsis

Military doctor General Klenski is arrested in Stalin's Russia in 1953 during an anti-Semitic political campaign accused of being a participant in so-called "doctors' plot".

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