Prairie Station

Prairie Station

1941 · 83 min · ★ 6.7 · Drama

About the labor exploits of gold miners, the old partisan Fedor Potanin and his son, the leader Stepan.

Directed by Olga Preobrazhenskaya · Written by Vadim Distler

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