Oriental Elegy
Trailer: Oriental Elegy
Year: 1996
Genre: Documentary
Studio: NHK, Severny Fond, Lenfilm
Director: Aleksandr Sokurov
Cast: Aleksandr Sokurov
Crew: Aleksandr Sokurov (Writer), Aleksandr Sokurov (Director), Alexey Fedorov (Director of Photography), Vera Zelinskaya (Production Design)
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