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The Mover

2018 · 87 min

A tense, earnest historical drama that keeps you on edge with its quiet heroism and moral weight.

Tagline
To save a life means saving the world
Overview
Žanis Lipke, an ordinary blue-collar worker in Latvia, embarks on a covert operation. Despite his family’s hardship under successive Soviet and German occupations, Lipke tries to save local Jews from Nazi persecution and certain death, moving them from the Riga ghetto to an underground bunker hidden on his property.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 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
  • survival
  • family
  • war
  • crime
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
history, drama
Directed by
Dāvis Sīmanis Jr.
Written by
Matīss Gricmanis, Dāvis Sīmanis Jr.
Starring
Artūrs Skrastiņš, Ilze Blauberga, Matīss Kipļuks, Mihails Karasikovs, Toms Treinis, Steffen Scheumann, Imants Erdmans, Madara Paegļkalns
Cinematography
Andrejs Rudzāts
Runtime
87 min
Country
Latvia
Languages
Yiddish, Latvian, German

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