Freeze, Die, Come to Life (1990)

6.4/10 105 min Drama

Overview

Stuck in a mining town near Vladivostok in 1947 amongst Soviet exiles and Japanese POWs (Japanese prisoners remained in Siberia for years after the war had ended), the kids have to come up with something to keep them busy. Two friends, Valerka and Galia, play some peculiar, very dangerous games of their own amid the man-made wasteland of Suchan.

Cast

Dinara Drukarova

Galia

Elena Popova

Valerka's mother

Valeri Ivchenko

Vyacheslav Bambushek

Vitka

Vadim Yermolayev

School principal

Valentina Kosobutskaya

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