Despite the Falling Snow

You can betray your country but not your heart.

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
• January 29, 2016
• Runtime
• 94 min
• Genres
• Drama, Romance, Thriller
• Director
• Shamim Sarif

Cast

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