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Golden Mountains

1931 · 88 min

A stark, earnest silent drama that immerses you in the hardship and moral tug-of-war of early Soviet labor struggles.

Overview
Pyotr, backward lad from poor village, comes to town desperate for work. He's hired as replacement ("scab") worker at big metallurgical factory, which is in the throes of a strike organized by the Bolsheviks (communists). Deceitful industrialist's son involves naive young man in an attempt to murder Bolshevik leader.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • betrayal
  • redemption
  • power
  • survival
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
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
Realism7
Romance0
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Sergei Yutkevich
Written by
Lev Arnshtam, Andrey Mikhaylovskiy, Vladimir Nedobrovo, Sergei Yutkevich
Starring
Boris Poslavsky, Ivan Shtraukh, Yuri Korvin-Krukovsky, Boris Feodosyev, Boris Tenin, Boris Chirkov, Nikolai Michurin, Konstantin Nazarenko
Music
Dmitri Shostakovich
Cinematography
Iosif Martov
Runtime
88 min
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
Russian

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