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Mitya

1927

A strange, mocking silent comedy that turns small-town gossip into a grim farce, funny and unsettling in equal measure.

Directed by
Nikolai Okhlopkov
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Nikolai Okhlopkov, Tamara Adelheim, Mykola Nademskyi
Overview
Exposing the customs of provincial philistinism in the years of NEP. Small town. Mitya, going to the party of his bride Shurochka, finds a dying woman with infants. When he comes to visit the child, everyone decides that he was the father - and kicks him out. Mitya decides to drown himself. Unknown saves him and helps to stage his own funeral. During the mourning ceremony, Mitya rise from the grave, thanks the inhabitants petrified by horror, and leaves the city forever. Lost movie.

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Directed by
Nikolai Okhlopkov
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Nikolai Okhlopkov, Tamara Adelheim, Mykola Nademskyi
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • identity
  • isolation
  • betrayal
  • morality
Places
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour6
Realism6
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Nikolai Okhlopkov
Written by
Nikolay Erdman
Starring
Nikolai Okhlopkov, Tamara Adelheim, Mykola Nademskyi, Serhii Minin, Anastasiya Kozhevnikova, Yuri Chernyshov, Teodor Brainin, A. Gvozdeva
Cinematography
Marius Holdt
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
No Language

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