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Know Yourself

1972 · 74 min

A quiet, somber character study that lingers on the emotional weight of a life cut short, asking for patient attention.

Directed by
Rodion Yefimenko
Genres
Drama, Tv movie
Starring
Valeri Ryzhakov, Irina Tereshchenko, Arina Aleynikova
Overview
A remarkable young female surgeon gets diagnosed with terminal leukemia.

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Directed by
Rodion Yefimenko
Genres
Drama, Tv movie
Starring
Valeri Ryzhakov, Irina Tereshchenko, Arina Aleynikova
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • death
  • grief
  • identity
  • work
  • healing
Places
  • hospital
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror0
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, tv movie
Directed by
Rodion Yefimenko
Written by
Anatoli Delendik
Starring
Valeri Ryzhakov, Irina Tereshchenko, Arina Aleynikova, Rayisa Nedashkivska, Ihor Starykov, Nataliya Gebdovskaya, Aleksandr Anurov
Cinematography
Anatoly Vashchenko
Runtime
74 min
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
Russian

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