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The Bodyguard

1992

A slow-burning Soviet-era thriller that feels like a tense, paranoid descent into corruption, with a weary hero navigating a web of deceit.

Directed by
Anatoliy Ivanov
Genres
Action, Mystery, Crime
Starring
Vladimir Litvinov, Aleksandr Martynov, Marina Mogilevskaya
Overview
The 1970s, USSR. Experienced bodyguard and KGB officer Pavel Selikhov fails to prevent the theft of a unique diamond from the dacha of a high-ranking official. Investigating this strange case leads Pavel to a deeply conspiratorial criminal network, the threads of which stretch to the very top. The further he goes in his search, the more strange deaths and unexpected events occur around him. The bodyguard has learned too much and must be eliminated, but Selikhov will not become a pawn in the dirty game of those in power.

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Directed by
Anatoliy Ivanov
Genres
Action, Mystery, Crime
Starring
Vladimir Litvinov, Aleksandr Martynov, Marina Mogilevskaya
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • corruption
  • conspiracy
  • power
  • crime
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror2
Humour2
Realism7
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Genres
action, mystery, crime
Directed by
Anatoliy Ivanov
Written by
Anatoliy Ivanov, Sergey Valyaev
Starring
Vladimir Litvinov, Aleksandr Martynov, Marina Mogilevskaya, Irina Feofanova, Aleksandr Potapov, Nikolai Prokopovich, Aleksandr Kostylev, V. Belyy
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
Russian

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