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The Birthday Present

1991 · 67 min

A stark, slow-burning meditation on state violence and moral corruption, seen through a child's eyes.

Directed by
Leonid Osyka
Genres
Drama, History
Starring
Svetlana Knyazeva, Les Serdyuk, Boryslav Brondukov
Overview
Young revolutionary carried out the attack. She is waiting for a death sentence. Police warden who arrested girl, gives his little son a quite unusual birthday present - takes the boy to the execution.

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Directed by
Leonid Osyka
Genres
Drama, History
Starring
Svetlana Knyazeva, Les Serdyuk, Boryslav Brondukov
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • death
  • morality
  • power
  • corruption
  • guilt
Places
  • prison
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror3
Humour1
Realism7
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, history
Directed by
Leonid Osyka
Written by
Leonid Osyka
Starring
Svetlana Knyazeva, Les Serdyuk, Boryslav Brondukov, Mikhail Dementyev, Georgiy Drozd, Valentina Ilyashenko, Nina Ilyina, Oleksandr Ihnatusha
Cinematography
Valeri Bashkatov
Runtime
67 min
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
Ukrainian

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