Assignments of Special Importance
5.4
2013
War & Politics
A group of Soviet spies performs missions of special importance during World War II.
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- Cast：
- Andrey Aksyonov , Sergey Batalov , Maria Kulikova , Aleksandr Lenin , Andrei Pavlovets , Elena Radevich
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