The Ghost

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The Ghost

2008

2h 25m

5.9(32 votes)

Thriller

Crime

Overview

A novelist struggling with writer's block enlists the aid of an assassin for some inspiration -- fully unaware that he is being set up to take the blame for a murder.

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24 members

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Константин Хабенский

Anton Prachenko

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Владимир Машков

Domovoy

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Чулпан Хаматова

Vika

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Արմեն Բորիսի Ջիգարխանյան

Felix

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Anatoliy Semyonov

Colonel

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Виталий Кищенко

Sergey Snesarev

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Рамиль Сабитов

Vitalik

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Александр Адабашьян

Aleksandr

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Олег Чудницов

Vadim

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Danila Starokozhev

Andrey

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Виктор Елизаров

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Василий Савинов

Vladimir Ordyntsev

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Yuliya Gul

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Александр Маркелов

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Lyudmila Gavrilova

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Сергей Юркин

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Юрий Тузов

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Olga Sukhorukova

journalist

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Evgeniy Ermakov

Vova Dyagil

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Yakov Efimov

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Pavel Klimov

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Roman Klimov

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Sergey Pomerantsev

book publisher

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Mariya Fateeva

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