Podstrochnik Episode 3
Podstrochnik (Documentary Series)
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25m
To make ends meet, Lilianna's mother opens a puppet theater. Lilianna adjust to her French life, but notices that her mother and father have begun corresponding. By 1934, the two of them begin the long journey back to Moscow.
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