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The Outlaw Ballad

1959 · 73 min

A slow, earnest historical drama of love and defiance, earnest in its ideals but distant in its staging.

Directed by
Boris Rytsarev, Olga Ulitskaya
Genres
Drama, History
Starring
Lev Polyakov, Inna Kmit , Aleksandr Shirvindt
Overview
1830s, Moldavia. The groom Todor fell in love with his master's maid, Yustinia. Having found himself in hard labor, Todor organized an escape and, with a group of like-minded people, took refuge in the codry. So, under the leadership of Ataman Todor Tobultok, the Moldavian rebels, who called themselves haiduks, began to fight against the tyranny of the landowners.

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Directed by
Boris Rytsarev, Olga Ulitskaya
Genres
Drama, History
Starring
Lev Polyakov, Inna Kmit , Aleksandr Shirvindt
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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
    • class
    • rebellion
    • love
    • justice
    • freedom
    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
    Action3
    Horror0
    Humour1
    Realism7
    Romance4
    Tension4
    Darkness5
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    drama, history
    Directed by
    Boris Rytsarev, Olga Ulitskaya, Mikhail Kalik
    Written by
    Олег Павловский, Семен Молдован
    Starring
    Lev Polyakov, Inna Kmit , Aleksandr Shirvindt, Mikaela Drozdovskaya, Pyotr Repnin, V. Borshchevskiy, Viktor Koval, Iosif Leveanu
    Cinematography
    Vadim Derbenyov
    Runtime
    73 min
    Country
    Soviet Union
    Languages
    Russian

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