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Kitezh

16 min

A strange, sombre little fable that drifts between deadpan absurdity and eerie mysticism, leaving you unsettled and quietly amused.

Directed by: Dmitry Suleymanov
Genres: Science fiction
Starring: Alexander Grushkovsky, Vladimir Kotov, Sergey Vasin

Overview: A tale of how a hermit stole Lenin's mummy in order to bury him and thus open a portal to Kitezh-grad.

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Directed by: Dmitry Suleymanov
Genres: Science fiction
Starring: Alexander Grushkovsky, Vladimir Kotov, Sergey Vasin

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Tone: eeriestrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: faith
death
isolation
obsession
madness
Places: countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	3
Horror	3
Humour	3
Realism	4
Romance	0
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: science fiction
Directed by: Dmitry Suleymanov
Written by: Dmitry Suleymanov
Starring: Alexander Grushkovsky, Vladimir Kotov, Sergey Vasin, Egor Baranovsky, Roman Shopin, Elena Korzh, Ivan Philippov
Music: Ilya Bulatov
Cinematography: Kirill Terentyev
Runtime: 16 min
Country: Russia
Languages: Russian

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