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Every sin leaves a mark. - Eastern Promises
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Title: Eastern Promises

Release Date: 14 Sep 2007

Runtime: 1h 41m

Genre: Thriller, Crime, Mystery

Director: Focus Features, BBC Film, Kudos, Serendipity Point Films, Scion Films

Production Companies: Focus Features, BBC Film, Kudos, Serendipity Point Films, Scion Films

Overview: A Russian teenager living in London dies during childbirth but leaves clues in her diary that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.357 (3364 votes)

Cast

  • Nikolai Luzhin: Viggo Mortensen
  • Anna Ivanovna Khitrova: Naomi Watts
  • Kirill: Vincent Cassel
  • Semyon: Armin Mueller-Stahl
  • Helen: Sinéad Cusack
  • Yuri: Donald Sumpter
  • Stepan: Jerzy Skolimowski
  • Ekrem: Josef Altin
  • Azim: Mina E. Mina
  • Soyka: Aleksandar Mikic
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