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Brothers in blood. Partners in crime. - Little Odessa
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Title: Little Odessa

Release Date: 28 Oct 1994

Runtime: 1h 38m

Genre: Drama, Crime

Director: New Line Cinema, Fine Line Features, Live Entertainment

Production Companies: New Line Cinema, Fine Line Features, Live Entertainment

Overview: Long separated from his Russian family, hitman Joshua returns to Brighton Beach for a contract killing for the Russian Mafia. His abusive father, Arkady, banned him from returning after Joshua committed his first murder. He takes up residence in a hotel, and soon everyone knows he has returned. He goes home to visit his dying mother, Irina, and prepares for the assassination, getting drawn back into the criminal community he left behind.

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Average Vote: 6.433 (201 votes)

Cast

  • Joshua Shapira: Tim Roth
  • Reuben Shapira: Edward Furlong
  • Alla Shustervich: Moira Kelly
  • Irina Shapira: Vanessa Redgrave
  • Boris Volkoff: Paul Guilfoyle
  • Natasha: Natalya Andreychenko
  • Arkady Shapira: Maximilian Schell
  • Sasha: David Vadim
  • Grandma Tsilya: Mina Bern
  • Ivan: Boris McGiver
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