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Housewarming

1974 · 67 min

A slow, earnest Soviet-era village drama that traces hard communal history through plain, stoic faces and quiet endurance.

Directed by
Vasyl Illiashenko
Genres
Drama
Starring
Tamara Krotova, Ivan Havryliuk, Mykola Hrynko
Overview
The story of the life of the Podolsk village and what the inhabitants of the village had to go through during the years of Soviet power. Through the fate of the heroes, the film tells about the events of collectivization in the village, where for centuries, everyone used to work only on his own farm, about the war years, when many quiet people showed miracles of heroism, and universal favorites became nazi puppets.

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Directed by
Vasyl Illiashenko
Genres
Drama
Starring
Tamara Krotova, Ivan Havryliuk, Mykola Hrynko
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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
    • class
    • war
    • betrayal
    • survival
    • family
    Places
    • countryside
    • small town
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism8
    Romance2
    Tension4
    Darkness5
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Vasyl Illiashenko
    Written by
    Viktor Hoviada
    Starring
    Tamara Krotova, Ivan Havryliuk, Mykola Hrynko, Oleksandr Hai, Lyudmila Gnilova, Irina Shevchuk, Vasyl Symchych, Bohdan Stupka
    Runtime
    67 min
    Country
    Soviet Union
    Languages
    Russian

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