Balalaika

Balalaika

Where there's wine, women, and song!

NR 1939 · 102 min · ★ 5.3 · Romance, Music

A Russian prince disguised as a worker and a cafe singer secretly involved in revolutionary activities fall in love.

Directed by Reinhold Schünzel · Written by Jacques Deval

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