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Life in Your Hands

1959 · 91 min

A tense, earnest Soviet drama about defusing a buried threat, with slow-building suspense and a focus on duty and community.

Genres
Drama
Overview
The film is based on authentic events that took place in 1957 in Kursk. Fifteen years after the war, the sappers will have to clear away the ammunition depot left by the German's. The town rebuilt with such difficulty is under threat of explosion...
How it feels
Tense, earnest and dark. Measured and needs your attention.
About
Survival, war, family, loyalty
Content
Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
Places
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Nikolai Rozantsev
Written by
Arkadiy Sakhnin, Leonid Agranovich
Starring
Oleg Strizhenov, Iosif Kutyansky, Viktor Chekmaryov, Anatoli Yushko, Klara Luchko, Marianna Strizhenova, Yelena Kornilova, Rezo Chkheidze
Music
Oleg Karavaichuk
Cinematography
Konstantin Ryzhov
Runtime
91 min
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
Russian

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