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How I Became Russian

How I Became Russian

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How I Became Russian

2019

1h 34m

6.4(29 votes)

Comedy

Overview

Getting your fiancee's father to like you is not an easy task. The Chinese guy Pen also faces this problem when he goes to Moscow for his love, Ira, without even knowing what a nightmare awaits him.

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Cinema Foundation of Russia

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Dong Chang

Dong Chang

Peng Peng - Ira's boyfriend

Vitaliy Khaev

Vitaliy Khaev

Anatoliy Platonov

Elizaveta Kononova

Elizaveta Kononova

Ira Platonova

Sergey Chirkov

Sergey Chirkov

Roman Andreevich Bystrov

Hrant Tokhatyan

Hrant Tokhatyan

Ruben

Natalya Surkova

Natalya Surkova

Petrovna - female cook

Vadim Smirnov

Vadim Smirnov

Ignat - Platonov's bodyguard

Dmitriy Smirnov

Dmitriy Smirnov

Kolya - Platonov's bodyguard

Sergey Sosnovsky

Sergey Sosnovsky

Fyodor

Sergey Belyaev

Sergey Belyaev

Semyonych

Creative team

Directed by: Akaki Sahelashvili
Xia Hao
Written by: Andrey Zolotarev
Aleksandr Noskov
Produced by: Georgy Shabanov
Rezo Gigineishvili

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