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Back in the USSR (1992)
Director: Deran Sarafian
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From Time Out Film Guide
Yarn about a much-stolen Russian icon, made by Corman protégé Deran Sarafian, in which Polanski features as a black marketeer with a violent sense of humour: too farcical to be a thriller; too brutal to be a comedy; and insufficiently sure-footed to be a comedy-thriller.Author: AO
Cast & crew
Director: Deran Sarafian
Producer: Lindsay Smith, Ilmar Taska
Cast: Frank Whaley, Natalya Negoda, Roman Polanski, Andrew Divof, Dey Young, Brian Blessed full cast
Duration: 89 mins
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