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Don't Give Up the Queen

1975

A quiet, earnest Soviet drama of friendship tested by differing morals, drifting along a great river with a melancholy, contemplative mood.

Directed by
Oleg Lentsius
Genres
Drama
Starring
Mikhail Yezepov, Людмила Куковенко, Natalya Gushchina
Overview
Kostya Barbin and Ilya Shakhvorostov are sailors of a motor ship traveling along the Yenisei. They have been friends since childhood, but grew up different in their views on life and moral principles.

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Directed by
Oleg Lentsius
Genres
Drama
Starring
Mikhail Yezepov, Людмила Куковенко, Natalya Gushchina
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • morality
  • identity
  • loyalty
  • betrayal
Places
  • wilderness
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Oleg Lentsius
Written by
Yelena Kaplinskaya
Starring
Mikhail Yezepov, Людмила Куковенко, Natalya Gushchina, Margarita Koshelyova, Aleksandr Belina, Vatslav Dvorzhetsky, Georgi Dvornikov, Vladlen Paulus
Music
Yevgeni Zubtsov
Cinematography
Boris Myasnikov
Languages
Russian

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