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The Soldier

1985 · 15 min

A quiet, rueful short about an old man reliving the past while outsiders stage it, watching memory collide with performance.

Overview
A local veteran, Ilko Stepanovych, attaches himself to a visiting group of young filmmakers shooting a war film. He is determined to make sure everything is recreated down to the smallest detail—exactly as it was in his own life.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • memory
  • war
  • obsession
  • identity
  • trauma
Places
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
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
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Liubomyr Starak
Written by
Bohdan Zholdak, Liubomyr Starak
Starring
Mikhail Gluzskiy, Artem Krylov, Irina Averyanova, Boris Romanov, Vladimir Plotnikov, Nataliia Naum
Cinematography
Serhii Mishchenko
Runtime
15 min
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
Russian

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