The Thief
He'll steal your heart!
A tender, melancholic portrait of a makeshift family formed when a widow and her son bond with a charming criminal in post-war Soviet Russia.
Katya and her 6-year-old son Sanya, who, in 1952, meet a veteran Soviet officer named Tolyan. Katya falls in love with Tolyan, who turns out to be a small time criminal, but who also becomes a father figure to Sanya ...
Essence
Ensemble
Vladimir Mashkov
Tolyan
Yekaterina Rednikova
Katya
Mikhail Filipchuk
Sanya
Yuri Belyayev
Old Sanya
Amaliya Mordvinova
Doctor's wife
Natalya Pozdnyakova
Бухгалтерша
Lidiya Savchenko
Aunt Tanya
Anatoliy Koshcheev
Anna Shtukaturova
the limping girl
Ervand Arzumanyan
Accountant
Olga Pashkova
Actress
Dima Chigaryov
Teenage Sanya
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