The American
The American
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2023
1h 50m
6.8(77 votes)
Drama

Overview

American ballet dancer Joy Womack is accepted into Moscow's infamously tough Bolshoi Ballet Academy, with the dream of becoming a great ballerina.

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Ingenious Media
New Zealand Film Commission
Anonymous Content
Four Knights Film
Madants
Moderator Inwestycje

Videos & Trailers

1 video

Cast & Crew

38 members
Acting

Talia Ryder

Joy Womack

Talia Ryder
Acting

Diane Kruger

Tatiyana Volkova

Diane Kruger
Acting

Oleg Ivenko

Nikolay Lebedev

Oleg Ivenko
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Natasha Alderslade

Eleanor Womak

Natasha Alderslade
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Natalia Osipova

Natalia Osipova

Natalia Osipova
Production

Charlotte Ubben

Unknown Role

Charlotte Ubben
Acting

Borys Szyc

Andrei Vadys

Borys Szyc
Acting

Tomasz Kot

Vitaliy Ivanov

Tomasz Kot
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Karolina Gruszka

Valeriya Lebedev

Karolina Gruszka
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Martin Hugh Henley

Clay Womack

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Ewa Rodart

Bartender

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Tamiła Dudnik

Katya

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Martyna Wrzesińska

Nadia

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Weronika Juchimiuk

Alyona

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Julia Bielska

Diana

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Zuzanna Burak

Daria

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Zuzanna Rutkowska

Olga

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Marta Makurat

Polina

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Izabella Grzyberk

Kira

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Dominik Mironiuk

Popov

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Dariusz Majchrzak

teacher of a male class

Dariusz Majchrzak
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Anita Poddębniak

nurse

Anita Poddębniak
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Bartosz Jakubowski

pianist

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Andrzej Kłak

Unknown Role

Andrzej Kłak
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Wojciech Urbański

Unknown Role

Wojciech Urbański
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Edyta Torhan

Unknown Role

Edyta Torhan
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Kamil Studnicki

Fedor

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Marek Kasprzyk

guest on the wedding

Marek Kasprzyk
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Sylwester Piechura

Ivanov's assistant

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Robert Gulaczyk

Unknown Role

Robert Gulaczyk
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Arkadiusz Brykalski

Unknown Role

Arkadiusz Brykalski
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Maciej Nawrocki

Unknown Role

Maciej Nawrocki
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Kristóf Szabó

Unknown Role

Kristóf Szabó
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Andrzej Andrzejewski

Unknown Role

Andrzej Andrzejewski
Acting

Adam Turczyk

Unknown Role

Adam Turczyk
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Jakub Kozakiewicz

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Ewa Rodart

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Patrycja Volny

Unknown Role

Patrycja Volny

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