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Horsemen

1972 · 120 min

A sober wartime adventure seen through young eyes, mixing hardship with loyalty and quiet courage.

Directed by
Vadym Kostromenko
Genres
Family, Adventure, War
Starring
Pyotr Lastivka, Vladimir Krasnov, Natalya Mikolyshina
Overview
Adventures of two boys and their horses during WWII.

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Directed by
Vadym Kostromenko
Genres
Family, Adventure, War
Starring
Pyotr Lastivka, Vladimir Krasnov, Natalya Mikolyshina
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • survival
  • friendship
  • coming-of-age
  • loyalty
Places
  • countryside
  • wilderness
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
family, adventure, war
Directed by
Vadym Kostromenko
Written by
Vasili Reshetnikov
Starring
Pyotr Lastivka, Vladimir Krasnov, Natalya Mikolyshina, Pyotr Lyubeshkin, Yuriy Prokhorov, Volodymyr Yachminsky, Vladimir Doveiko, Anatoliy Bobrovskiy
Music
Boris Karamyshev
Cinematography
Nikolay Ilchuk
Runtime
120 min
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
Russian

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