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Stairway to Heaven

Stairway to Heaven

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Stairway to Heaven

1996

0h 8m

9.5(2 votes)

Documentary

Thriller

Overview

This Petersburg you will not see on the covers of glossy magazines and advertising brochures. This city is ghosted and brutal, and it is inhabited by very different, often very gloomy people.

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4 featured cast members

Starring

Dmitri Frolov

Dmitri Frolov

In the glance

Anastasiya Shkirskaya

Granny

Natalya Surkova

Natalya Surkova

Crazy

Oriza Triznyak

Smoking with pigeon

Creative team

Directed by: Dmitri Frolov

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