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Savage Hunt of King Stakh

1979 · 134 min

A slow, misty descent into folk dread, where old legends and family secrets press in like the surrounding woods.

Directed by
Valery Rubinchik
Genres
Thriller, Drama, Horror
Starring
Boris Plotnikov, Elena Dimitrova, Boris Khmelnitsky
Overview
The film is set in out-of-the-way Belarusian woodlands at the end of the 19th century. A young ethnographer, Andrej Bielarecki, comes here to research local folk legends…

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Directed by
Valery Rubinchik
Genres
Thriller, Drama, Horror
Starring
Boris Plotnikov, Elena Dimitrova, Boris Khmelnitsky
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Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 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
  • mystery
  • isolation
  • fate
  • family
  • death
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror6
Humour1
Realism6
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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Genres
thriller, drama, horror, mystery
Directed by
Valery Rubinchik
Written by
Valery Rubinchik, Vladimir Korotkevich
Starring
Boris Plotnikov, Elena Dimitrova, Boris Khmelnitsky, Albert Filozov, Valentina Shendrikova, Roman Filippov, Mariya Kapnist, Viktor Ilichyov
Music
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Cinematography
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134 min
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