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Cast
Natalya Fedosova
as Sasha Shvets
Olga Kozlova
as Halka Petrova
Yelena Sidoruk
as Pimple
Yelena Kryuchkova
as Irka "Tsarevich Alexei"
Mykola Oliinyk
as Svishchov
Tatyana Agafonova
as French Teacher
Valentin Pechnikov
as Mal-Mal-Scarecrow
Lyudmila Antonyuk
as Antonina Maksymivna
Vitali Varganov
as Zhiguli Owner
Andrey Andreev
as Cast
Movie Info & Details
Release Year1988
Runtime1h 52m
LanguageRussian
CertificationNR
GenresDrama
Votes1
DirectorAleksandr Surin
WritersAlla Krinitsyna
TypeFeature Film
Rating7.0 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsFirestarters
About Firestarters
After setting fire to the penal isolator of the ITU, Sasha escapes and gets to Turkmenistan, where her grandmother works as a geologist at one of the polustants - the only and last hope for understanding and sympathy. But the grandmother, fearing grave consequences, intends to return her granddaughter to the hands of justice ...
Directed by Aleksandr Surin, Firestarters leans on a strong ensemble — Natalya Fedosova, Olga Kozlova, Yelena Sidoruk — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about drama titles of 1988.
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