Dark Waters (1993) - IMDb

Dark Waters: Directed by Mariano Baino. With Louise Salter, Venera Simmons, Mariya Kapnist, Lubov Snegur. A girl travels to an island, after the death of ... 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dKingdomLanguagesEnglishRussianAlsoknownasDeadWatersFilminglocationsCrimea,UkraineProductioncompanyVictorZuevProductionsSeemorecompanycreditsatIMDbProTechnicalspecsEditRuntime1hour34minutesColorColorSoundmixStereoAspectratio1.85:1RelatednewsContributetothispageSuggestaneditoraddmissingcontentTopGapBywhatnamewasDarkWaters(1993)officiallyreleasedinCanadainEnglish?AnswerSeemoregapsLearnmoreaboutcontributingEditpageMoretoexplorePhotosDoYouRecognizeTheseRisingStars?SeethegalleryListFallTV:TheBestNewandUpcomingSeriesSeethefulllistListTheBestNewandUpcomingHorrorSeethefulllistRecentlyviewedPleaseenablebrowsercookiestousethisfeature. Learnmore.