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The Black Captain

1973 · 90 min

A slow, serious Soviet war drama of plotting and partisan manoeuvres, more talk and strategy than spectacle.

Overview
The year is 1919. General Denikin has concentrated his troops in one of the port cities in southern Russia. But the Black Captain, the commander of the red-green partisan detachment, decided to drive him out of his zone and from time to time began to arrange all sorts of dirty tricks in the Denikin camp, attracting the attention of not only Denikin's blood enemy, but also the Bolshevik underground, which had long been following his successes...
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • war
    • rebellion
    • power
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action4
    Horror1
    Humour2
    Realism6
    Romance1
    Tension5
    Darkness5
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight4

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    Details

    Genres
    drama, war, adventure
    Directed by
    Oleg Lentsius
    Written by
    Yuriy Lukin, Oleg Lentsius, Vladislav Stepanov
    Starring
    Aleksandr Goloborodko, Irina Borisova, Les Serdyuk, Evgeniy Gvozdyov, Silviya Sergeichikova, Sergey Polezhaev, Rodion Aleksandrov, Juozas Budraitis
    Music
    Ihor Shamo
    Cinematography
    Boris Myasnikov
    Runtime
    90 min
    Country
    Soviet Union
    Languages
    Russian

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