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Golden Mine

1977 · 139 min

A slow, shadowy Soviet crime procedural that keeps you leaning in, piecing clues together while a cold pursuit simmers underneath.

Directed by
Yevgeni Tatarsky
Genres
Crime, Mystery, Drama
Starring
Mikhail Gluzskiy, Yevgeni Kindinov, Oleg Dal
Overview
The film is set in the 1970s Leningrad, Russia. Fugitive Brunov is a dangerous criminal, who escaped from jail. He is after the treasure that was hidden by him years ago at his former country-house. He is having plastic surgery to hide his identity, while preparing for his next crime. He is trying to kill another man, who is also after the same treasure. Investigators Zarubin, Kromkin and Lebedeva are untangling the case.

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Directed by
Yevgeni Tatarsky
Genres
Crime, Mystery, Drama
Starring
Mikhail Gluzskiy, Yevgeni Kindinov, Oleg Dal
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 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
  • crime
  • greed
  • deception
  • identity
  • justice
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • procedural
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour2
Realism7
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Where to watch in the UK

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Details

Genres
crime, mystery, drama
Directed by
Yevgeni Tatarsky
Written by
Artur Makarov, Pavel Grakhov
Starring
Mikhail Gluzskiy, Yevgeni Kindinov, Oleg Dal, Larisa Udovichenko, Lyubov Polishchuk, Igor Yankovsky, Zhanna Prokhorenko, Igor Dmitriev
Cinematography
Konstantin Ryzhov
Runtime
139 min
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
Russian

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