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Bread

1918 · 38 min

A stark, earnest silent-era parable that feels like a political sermon, slow and solemn, with little warmth or levity.

Overview
"Bread" - a Bolshevik propaganda tale about the fundaments of living.

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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • class
    • power
    • survival
    • justice
    Places
    • countryside
    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
    Humour0
    Realism7
    Romance1
    Tension4
    Darkness6
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Boris Sushkevich
    Written by
    Boris Sushkevich
    Starring
    Olga Baclanova, Richard Boleslawski, Vladimir Gotovtsev, Leonid Leonidov, Anna Orochko, Yevgeni Vakhtangov, Aleksandr Shakhalov
    Cinematography
    Nikolas Roudakoff
    Runtime
    38 min
    Country
    Russia
    Languages
    No Language

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