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The School of Scandal

1952 · 161 min

A long, talky period comedy of manners where wit and social scheming carry the slow evening.

Directed by
Abram Room
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Mikhail Yanshin, Olga Androvskaya, Vladimir Yershov
Overview
Nowhere have they so deftly slandered and arranged intrigues, as in the salon of Lady Sniruel. Young lady Tizl quickly enters the taste of high life, taking the gentleman's wooing. She does not suspect that a serious test awaits her.

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Directed by
Abram Room
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Mikhail Yanshin, Olga Androvskaya, Vladimir Yershov
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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
    • deception
    • class
    • identity
    • betrayal
    • rebellion
    Places
    • single country house
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour5
    Realism6
    Romance4
    Tension4
    Darkness3
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight4

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    Details

    Genres
    comedy
    Directed by
    Abram Room
    Starring
    Mikhail Yanshin, Olga Androvskaya, Vladimir Yershov, Anatoli Ktorov, Pavel Massalsky, T. Ye. Mikheyeva, Mariya Durasova, Aleksandr Komissarov
    Music
    Dmitri Kabalevsky
    Cinematography
    Vladimir Nikolayev, Mikhail Gindin
    Runtime
    161 min
    Country
    Soviet Union
    Languages
    Russian

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