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The Ghost That Never Returns

1930 · 94 min

A somber, quietly anxious Soviet silent-era drama that lingers on a hunted man's inner doubt more than on action.

Overview: The rebel leader Jose Real is allowed to leave prison for one day to visit his family. But it is a ruse to make him reveal the whereabouts of his rebel gang. This existential drama disguised as a saga about the proletarian struggle presents a lonely and insecure individual who is challenged to act more heroically than he is prepared to, but who constantly questions his confidence and loyalties.

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Tone: bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
class
betrayal
survival
justice
Places: small town
countryside
prison
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	1
Humour	1
Realism	6
Romance	1
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Abram Room
Written by: Valentin Turkin
Starring: Boris Ferdinandov, A. Filippov, Karl Gurnyak, Dmitriy Kara-Dmitriev, Ivan Lavrov, A. Repin, Maksim Shtraukh, Gavriil Terekhov
Cinematography: Dmitriy Feldman, Boris Epshteyn
Runtime: 94 min
Country: Soviet Union
Languages: No Language

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