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In the Shadow of Death

1972 · 72 min

A cold, claustrophobic drift where patience and fraying nerves matter more than spectacle.

Directed by
Gunārs Piesis
Genres
Drama, Adventure, Thriller
Overview
A group of men go under-ice fishing, but find themselves trapped on a piece of ice, that has broken off. As they are drifting through the sea, the tension between them rises.
How it feels
Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Survival, isolation, death
Content
Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
Note
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Directed by
Gunārs Piesis
Genres
Drama, Adventure, Thriller
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 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 mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action3
    Horror3
    Humour1
    Realism7
    Romance0
    Tension7
    Darkness6
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight6

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    drama, adventure, thriller
    Directed by
    Gunārs Piesis
    Written by
    Jānis Kalniņš
    Starring
    Pēteris Šogolovs, Gunārs Cilinskis, Eduards Pavuls, Alfreds Videnieks, Girts Jakovlevs, Karlis Sebris, Juris Plavins, Lūcija Baumane
    Cinematography
    Mārtiņš Kleins
    Runtime
    72 min
    Country
    Soviet Union
    Languages
    Latvian, Russian

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