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Control Strip

1980 · 71 min

A sober Soviet-era espionage adventure that moves deliberately through border intrigue and quiet suspicion.

Directed by
Yusuf Azizbayev
Genres
Adventure
Starring
Oleg Stefan, George Darchiashvili, Sergey Chernyadiev
Overview
While trying to cross the State border of the USSR, a resident of one of the Western intelligence services was detained and committed suicide, who wanted to take out from Soviet territory a film shot at one of the defense facilities. From abroad they send for a duplicate of the film the granddaughter of one of the closest associates of the Basmachev leader Ibrahimbek, who inherited from her grandfather a fierce hatred for the Soviet country, and the son of a man who sold his homeland during the war years ...

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Directed by
Yusuf Azizbayev
Genres
Adventure
Starring
Oleg Stefan, George Darchiashvili, Sergey Chernyadiev
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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
    • betrayal
    • loyalty
    • conspiracy
    • war
    • identity
    Places
    None
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action3
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism6
    Romance1
    Tension5
    Darkness5
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight4

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    Details

    Genres
    adventure
    Directed by
    Yusuf Azizbayev
    Written by
    Abdusalom Gafarov, Aleksandr Antokolsky
    Starring
    Oleg Stefan, George Darchiashvili, Sergey Chernyadiev, Karina Armenyants, Mikhail Chigaryov, Muhamadali Makhmadov, Habibullo Abdurazzakov, Yuri Gorobets
    Music
    Valentin Spassky
    Runtime
    71 min
    Country
    Soviet Union
    Languages
    Russian

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