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Prisoner of the Volga (1958)

Prisoner of the Volga poster
Original title
I battellieri del Volga
Directed by
Victor Tourjansky
Genre
drama film, adventure film, romance film
Country
Yugoslavia, West Germany, Germany, France
Runtime
1h 42m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An officer in Tsarist Russia is condemned to exile in Siberia. The film follows his struggle and romance amid the harsh landscape.

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What happens

Prisoner of the Volga is a 1959 adventure film starring John Derek as Alexis Orloff, an officer in the time of the Tsar who is sentenced to Siberia. It was one of several films Derek made in Europe around this time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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