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Special Destination Force

1978 · 76 min

A lean wartime mission picture that moves its small team through hard terrain toward a single objective.

Directed by
Vadim Lysenko
Genres
War, Adventure
Starring
Leonhard Merzin, Pavel Remezov, Uldis Pūcītis
Overview
Intelligence-diversionary group of athletes who know how to shoot snipers, run, jump, feel free in the water and under water, to withstand the monstrous load of hand-to-hand fights, will be able to reach the goal only going together, passing the task as a relay. Seven of them. Among them is a girl swimmer. It will be the most difficult, the last stage of the journey. The plot is based on the real facts of the great Patriotic war.

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Directed by
Vadim Lysenko
Genres
War, Adventure
Starring
Leonhard Merzin, Pavel Remezov, Uldis Pūcītis
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • war
    • survival
    • loyalty
    • betrayal
    Places
    • wilderness
    • countryside
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action6
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism7
    Romance1
    Tension6
    Darkness5
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    war, adventure
    Directed by
    Vadim Lysenko
    Written by
    Vasili Reshetnikov, Rudolf Otkolenko
    Starring
    Leonhard Merzin, Pavel Remezov, Uldis Pūcītis, Elguja Burduli, Sergei Ivanov, Marina Troshina, Yuri Puzyryov, Uldis Lieldidzs
    Music
    Aleksandr Lebedev
    Cinematography
    Sergey Gavrilov
    Runtime
    76 min
    Country
    Soviet Union
    Languages
    Russian

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