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Mausoleum

2016 · 26 min

A wry, claustrophobic farce that tightens like a screw as petty bureaucracy collides with paranoid tyranny.

Directed by
Lauri Randla
Genres
Comedy, History, Thriller
Starring
Victor Lahnberg, Aleksandr Okunev, Matti Onnismaa
Tagline
Why is there a fly inside comrade Lenin's sarcophagus?
Overview
Pathologist Abrikosov gets a phone call that a fly has taken a refuge inside Lenin's sarcophagus. No one knows how to get rid of it. Its Mayday 1936 and Stalin himself is about to come to inspect the body prior to Mayday festivities.

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Directed by
Lauri Randla
Genres
Comedy, History, Thriller
Starring
Victor Lahnberg, Aleksandr Okunev, Matti Onnismaa
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • politics
  • power
  • obsession
  • corruption
  • fate
Places
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour6
Realism7
Romance0
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Genres
comedy, history, thriller
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
Victor Lahnberg, Aleksandr Okunev, Matti Onnismaa, Sergei Furmanjuk, Ilja Nartov, Svetlana Dorošenko, Andrey Lukyanov, Valter Kikas
Runtime
26 min
Country
Estonia, Finland
Languages
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