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Red Chernozem

1978 · 76 min

A slow, earnest rural drama of persuasion and ideology, more talk than action, with a sober period texture.

Directed by
Lev Mirsky
Genres
Drama
Starring
Viktor Zhukov, Olga Gavrilyuk, Valeriy Nosik
Overview
About the combat activities of rural Komsomol members (a sequel of "The Great Beggars"). Philip Kasatkin arrives in the village of Glukhovka on behalf of the district Komsomol committee with the aim of convincing the peasants of the advantages of the collective farm system. The hero manages to win over even the most skeptical and, through joint efforts, begin the fight against the kulaks...

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Directed by
Lev Mirsky
Genres
Drama
Starring
Viktor Zhukov, Olga Gavrilyuk, Valeriy Nosik
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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
    • politics
    • class
    • power
    • work
    Places
    • countryside
    • small town
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism7
    Romance1
    Tension4
    Darkness4
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Lev Mirsky
    Written by
    Nikolai Rozhkov, Filipp Nasedkin
    Starring
    Viktor Zhukov, Olga Gavrilyuk, Valeriy Nosik, Lyudmila Abramova, Vladimir Antonik, Aleksandr Arzhilovskiy, Mikhail Bocharov, Vladimir Kashpur
    Music
    Leonid Afanasyev
    Cinematography
    Aurelius Jacinevicius
    Runtime
    76 min
    Country
    Soviet Union
    Languages
    Russian

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