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The Thief

Director/Writer:	Pavel Chukhrai
Director of Photography:	Vladimir Klimov
Editors:	Marina Dobryanskaya and Natalia Kucherenko
Music:	Vladimir Dashkevich
Production Designer:	Vikctor Petrov
Producers:	Sergei Kozlov and Igor Tolstunov
	Lions Gate Films; R; 94 minutes
Release:	7/98
Cast:	Vladimir Mashkov, Ekaterina Rednikova, Misha Philipchuk, Amalia Mordivinova, and Lidiya Savchenko

A harrowing story about a family that falls apart amidst the terrors of the Stalin regime. A 1998 Oscar nominee for best foreign film, Chukhrai's moving drama revolves around a mother (Rednikova) and her young son's (Philipchuk) desire not to relive the sins of his stand-in father (Mashkov).

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