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To You, Moscow

1947 · 18 min

A brisk, patriotic animated tour of centuries of history, earnest and stately in tone, with symbolic animal imagery that feels more like propaganda than story.

Directed by
Grigori Lomidze
Genres
Animation
Starring
Aleksey Konsovskiy
Overview
As in any country's own history books, here Russia is gloriously painted against all comers with the then-800-year-old Moscow, "The Great City of Lenin", as its beating heart. Notable leaders are traditionally honored while commonfolk and enemies are suggested through animals - dutiful horses in old wartime, meek puppies 'neath the Provisional Government and suffocative ravens at the dawn of WWII. A love letter to the capital indeed, To You Moscow also functions as a quickie review of Russian history.

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Directed by
Grigori Lomidze
Genres
Animation
Starring
Aleksey Konsovskiy
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
None
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • animated
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
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Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism3
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
animation
Directed by
Grigori Lomidze
Written by
Vladimir Dlugach, Sergey Romanov
Starring
Aleksey Konsovskiy
Music
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Cinematography
Mikhail Druyan
Runtime
18 min
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
Russian

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