Movie: Vysotsky: Thank You For Being Alive

Top 10 Billed Cast

Sergei Bezrukov
Сергей Безруков

Vladimir Vysotsky / Yura

Andrey Smolyakov
Андрей Смоляков

Polkovnik KGB Viktor Bekhteev

Oksana Akinshina
Оксана Акиньшина

Tatyana Ivleva

Ivan Urgant
Иван Ургант

Seva Kulagin

Maksim Leonidov
Максим Леонидов

Pavel Leonidov

Andrei Panin
Андрей Панин

Anatoly Nefyodov

Vladimir Ilin
Владимир Ильин

Polkovnik KGB from Moscow

Dmitriy Astrakhan
Дмитрий Астрахан

Leonid Fridman

Anna Ardova
Анна Ардова

Director of Palace of Culture

Vladimir Menshov
Владимир Меньшов

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    Высоцкий. Спасибо, что живой

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    Russian poet, singer and actor Vladimir Vysotsky was an idol of the 1970s and ’80s. In 1980, at the age of 42, he passed away during the Moscow Olympic Games. This is the story of his last great love as handed down to his son from a family friend. Written by nitorch.

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    2011-12-01

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    Pусский
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