The Vanished Empire (Ischeznuvshaya Imperiya) (2008)

  
Format:  The Vanished Empire (Ischeznuvshaya Imperiya) DVD 
 
 
Russian teenager Sergey (Aleksandr Lyapin), reeling from burdensome family obligations at age 18, decides to pursue the pleasures of liquor, women, illicit drugs, and Western rock songs. A new relationship with the lovely Lyuda (Lidia Milyuzina) causes him to rethink his hedonistic ways and reconsider setting down real roots in the USSR, even as the Communist empire edges towards total collapse. With Yegor Baranovsky, Ivan Kupreyenko. 104 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: Russian; Subtitles: English. In Russian with English subtitles.
 
SKU: D00908
$29.99
Category:
Foreign
Director:
Karen Shakhnazarov
Rated:
NR
Color:
Color
Format: 
DVD Widescreen
Closed Captioned:
 No
Cast:  Alexander Lyapin, Lidiya Milyuzina, Yegor Baranovsky, Olga Tumaykina, Ivan Kupreenko, Armen Jigarkhanyan, Yanina Kalganova
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