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The Overcoat

1959 · 75 min

A quiet, melancholy descent into bureaucratic indifference, where a small man's dignity is slowly stripped away until only a ghost of grievance remains. Slow and somber, it lingers like a cold draft.

Directed by
Aleksey Batalov
Genres
Drama
Overview
A story about a government clerk who has his precious new overcoat stolen. No-one seems willing to help him retrieve his prized possession, a fact that continues to concern him even when he is beyond the grave.
How it feels
Measured and needs your attention.
About
Class, isolation, justice, death
Content
No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note
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Directed by
Aleksey Batalov
Genres
Drama
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How it feels

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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
    Places
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror3
    Humour2
    Realism7
    Romance1
    Tension4
    Darkness6
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight7

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Aleksey Batalov
    Written by
    Leonid Solovyov
    Starring
    Rolan Bykov, Yuriy Tolubeev, Nina Urgant, Elena Ponsova, Georgiy Teykh, Glikeriya Bogdanova-Chesnokova, Lev Stepanov, Vasiliy Maksimov
    Cinematography
    Genrikh Marandzhyan
    Runtime
    75 min
    Country
    Soviet Union
    Languages
    Russian

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