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⭐ 4.9 / 10(556)
During perestroika, a Chicago student visiting Moscow inadvertently gets caught up in a perilous game involving a stolen Russian Orthodox icon amidst the USSR's transition to capitalism.
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Released
- 1992
- Country
- Japan, United States
Details
Release year: 1992
Storyline
During perestroika, a Chicago student visiting Moscow inadvertently gets caught up in a perilous game involving a stolen Russian Orthodox icon amidst the USSR's transition to capitalism.
Top credits
Directors
Writers
Cast
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Frank Whaley — Archer
Natalya Negoda — Lena
Roman Polanski — Kurilov
Andrew Divoff — Dimitro
Did you know
• The first U.S. film ever shot entirely in Moscow, Russia.
Box Office
Gross (Domestic): $501,036
User reviews
⭐ 6/10
Preposterous but entertaining, light thriller
👍 9 · 1/18/2002
⭐ 5/10
Sloppy Movie, but Polanski's presence redeems it.
👍 4 · 3/25/2000
⭐ 1/10
How do you spell 'garbage' in Cyrillic?
👍 2 · 11/6/2010
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Dolby SR
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
- Color
- Color



















