Despite the Falling Snow
You can betray your country but not your heart.
2016 | 94m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Shamim Sarif |
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| Writer: | Shamim Sarif |
| Staring: |
| New York, 1961. Alexander Ivanov, a high-ranked Soviet bureaucrat, reluctantly defects to the West while is part of a diplomatic mission, feeling the grief of being unable to know the fate of his wife Katya, whom he has had to leave behind in Moscow. Only many years later, in 1991, he will finally find out the truth when his niece Lauren travels to Moscow to participate in a painting exhibition. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 29, 2016 |
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| Director: | Shamim Sarif |
| Writer: | Shamim Sarif |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance, Thriller |
| Keywords | spy, cold war, soviet union, sacrifice, politics, love, defection, moscow, russia, woman director, 1960s, 1990s, female painter, painting exhibition |
| Production Companies | Enlightenment Productions, Falling Snow, SK Enlightenment |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 10, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
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| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Rebecca Ferguson | Katya Grinkova / Lauren Grinkova |
| Sam Reid | Young Alexander Ivanov |
| Charles Dance | Old Alexander Ivanov |
| Antje Traue | Marina Rinskaya |
| Oliver Jackson-Cohen | Young Misha Ardonov |
| Anthony Stewart Head | Old Misha Ardonov |
| Thure Lindhardt | Dimtri |
| Ben Batt | Oleg |
| Jelena Gavrilović | Svetlana |
| Amy Nuttall | Maya |
| Imogen Daines | Jackie |
| Miloš Timotijević | |
| Anne Kidd | |
| Tamara Krcunović | |
| Marina Vodeničar |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Lina Todd | Casting |
| Shamim Sarif | Writer, Director |
| Kelly Valentine Hendry | Casting |
| Ferenc Török | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Rachel Portman | Original Music Composer |
| Aleksandra Mihajlović | Art Department Coordinator |
| Amelia Bueno Timón | Art Department Assistant |
| Masahiro Hirakubo | Editor |
| Denny Lawrence Laloo | Visual Effects Producer |
| Jovana Jovanović | Key Hair Stylist |
| Miroslava Cvetković | Seamstress |
| Martina Šubić-Dodočić | Makeup Department Head |
| Yann McCullough | Music Editor |
| Radmila Jakšić | Seamstress |
| Laura Lovejoy | Dialogue Editor |
| Jack Hennigan | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| David Johnson | Director of Photography |
| Victor Jenkins | Casting |
| Bojana Nikolić | Art Department Assistant |
| Bill Crutcher | Art Direction |
| Slaviša Ivanović | Stunt Coordinator |
| Marina Lešić | Script Supervisor |
| Miloš Kodemo | Camera Operator |
| Ivan Kostić | Camera Operator |
| Ivana Stefanović | Property Master |
| Momirka Bailović | Costume Design |
| Natalie Wali | Music Supervisor |
| Nenad Pavlović | Casting |
| Vesna Teodosić | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Aleksandar Adžić | Casting |
| Nenad Vukadinović | Sound Recordist |
| Mina Burić | Production Design |
| Predrag Ginevski | Set Decoration |
| Goran Jović | Set Decoration |
| Jelena Milinovic | Set Decoration |
| Jasmina Banović | Makeup Artist |
| Višnja Karaulić | Makeup Artist |
| Petra Macura | Makeup Artist |
| Ricky Butt | Foley Artist |
| Glen Gathard | Foley Mixer |
| Jack Stew | Foley Artist |
| Derek Trigg | Foley Artist |
| Jemma Riley-Tolch | Assistant Foley Artist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Hanan Kattan | Producer |
| Jim Cardwell | Executive Producer |
| April Q. Russell | Executive Producer |
| Geno Taylor | Executive Producer |
| Lisa Tchenguiz | Executive Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 8 |
| 2024 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 10 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 10 | 23 | 5 |
| 2025 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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