Faithful Ruslan: History of the Guard Dog

A made-for-TV film about a guard dog named Ruslan.

Cast

Aleksey Batalov

as рассказчик

Evgeniy Nikitin

as Хозяин Руслана

Leonid Yanovskyi

as Потёртый

Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina

as Тетя Стюра

Sergey Pozhogin

as Инструктор

Mykola Sektymenko

as Капитан НКВД

Aleksei Kolesnik

as Расстрельный

Vladimir Olekseenko

as Батюшка

Bohdan Beniuk

as Бульдозерист

Taras Kirejko

as Тарас Кирейко

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