The Children of Iron Gods

A grim, punishing slog through industrial squalor, where brute strength and bleak camaraderie offer the only flicker of life.

Directed by

Tamás Tóth

Genres

Drama

Starring

Evgeniy Sidikhin, Aleksandr Kalyagin, Yuriy Yakovlev

Overview

The films hero is a metal worker named Ignat who is as strong and tough as the steel that his sprawling factory produces in the Ural Mountains. Its a great cheerless environment; life is arduous and dangerous; conditions at the plant are nearly subhuman. The only excitement in the grimy industrial town is provided by robbing a train at gunpoint or stealing sheep from the Bashkiri tribe. The most renowned diversion, however, is the annual fist fight between the strongest metal worker and the strongest miner from the region. Against his better judgment, but with the support of his co-workers, Ignat decides to take part in this perilous venture.

How it feels

Bleak, dark, melancholic and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Work, survival, violence, class

Content

Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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