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Maksim Perepelitsa

1955 · 94 min

A cheerful, good-natured comedy full of small-town mischief and army high jinks, easy to watch and warmly satisfying.

Overview
Maksim Perepelitsa is a cheerful, mischievous and resourceful young man from a Ukrainian village. He loves to make up stories and invent practical jokes. When he is drafted into the Russian Army, he doesn't stop his antics.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • love
  • family
  • identity
  • redemption
Places
  • countryside
  • military
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour8
Realism6
Romance4
Tension2
Darkness1
Complexity2
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Anatoliy Granik
Written by
Ivan Stadnyuk
Starring
Leonid Bykov, Konstantin Sorokin, Aleksandr Borisov, Mykola Yakovchenko, Tatyana Pelttser, Georgiy Vitsin, Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina, Boris Arakelov
Music
Vasiliy Solovev-Sedoy
Cinematography
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Runtime
94 min
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
Russian

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