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The Love of Mankind

1973 · 165 min

A long, earnest Soviet drama that unfolds slowly, dwelling on quiet emotional interiors and the hard work of building a life and a city.

Directed by: Sergei Gerasimov
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Lyubov Virolainen, Tamara Makarova

Overview: A film about young architects who are building a new city in Siberia (Norilsk), their anxieties, concerns, and victories. Story of subtle psychology of love and personal happiness experienced men and women, behind the shoulders of which the pain of the past

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Directed by: Sergei Gerasimov
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Lyubov Virolainen, Tamara Makarova

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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 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: love
work
identity
healing
ambition
Places: small town
countryside
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	6
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama, romance
Directed by: Sergei Gerasimov
Written by: Sergei Gerasimov
Starring: Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Lyubov Virolainen, Tamara Makarova, Zhanna Bolotova, Ivan Neganov, Mikhail Zimin, Yuriy Kuzmenkov, Yuri Volkov
Music: Ilya Katayev
Cinematography: Vladimir Rapoport
Runtime: 165 min
Country: Soviet Union
Languages: Russian

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