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Nakam

2022 · 34 min

A quiet, tense wartime portrait that keeps you at a distance, watching a boy hide in plain sight while trust and danger simmer beneath every note.

Directed by
Andreas Kessler
Genres
Drama, War
Starring
Anton Krymskiy, Peter Miklusz, Rostyslav Bome
Overview
Ukraine during the German occupation in 1943. 12-year-old orphan Mitka earns a living in a tavern under a false name by playing music every night for the mainly German guests. He is accompanied in his playing on the violin by the pianist Yegor. Even beyond the music, he tries to be a friend and mentor to the boy. Mitka, however, finds it difficult to accept the budding friendship. This is because none of the people involved has any idea that Mitka belongs to a Jewish partisan movement.

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Directed by
Andreas Kessler
Genres
Drama, War
Starring
Anton Krymskiy, Peter Miklusz, Rostyslav Bome
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • identity
  • isolation
  • betrayal
  • survival
Places
  • small town
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, war
Directed by
Andreas Kessler
Written by
Fabien Virayie
Starring
Anton Krymskiy, Peter Miklusz, Rostyslav Bome, Yuri Rozstalnyi, Yevgeni Sitokhin, Irina Usova, Markus Gläser, Andreas Pape
Cinematography
Leonard Caspari
Runtime
34 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German, Russian, Ukrainian, Yiddish

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