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Melissa Gilbert | ... |
Zoya Ossipov
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Bruce Boxleitner | ... |
Clayton Andrews
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Denise Alexander | ... |
Axelle
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Don Henderson | ... | |
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Zane Carney | ... |
Young Nicholas
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Taryn Davis | ... |
Young Sasha
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David Warner | ... |
Prince Vladimir
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Diana Rigg | ... |
Evgenia
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Peggy Cass | ... |
Mrs. Molloy
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Jane How | ... |
Natalya
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Richard Durden | ... |
Konstantin
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Samuel West | ... |
Nicolai
(as Sam West)
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Brian Williams | ... |
Firefighter
(as Brian A. Williams)
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James Hanlon | ... |
Firefighter
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Margaret Illmann | ... |
Sophia
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A young Russian countess escapes the 1917 revolution and, despite hardship, makes a new life for herself in America.
For someone who has read the book, I find this movie version such a mis-representation of the characters. The film's Zoya is so different from the dignified Countess Zoya of the book; in the film, she is a talkative chatterbox much like the Russian bride stereotype of nowadays. The storyline is also very different from the book - as can be expected. However the central plot remains the same, overcoming tragedy and learning to appreciate the good things of live - especially family and the people we love. All in all, I would recommend the film to anyone, if only for the history learnt from the different generations that are spanned in the movie.