Movie

Star Counter

1987

A somber, slow-burning wartime espionage drama that weighs sacrifice and quiet dread over action.

Overview: Germany in the thirties. Soviet spy Yaroslava Soboleva (aka Sophie Weinert) manages to destroy stocks of a new type of bacteriological weapon at the cost of her own life
How it feels: Dark, tense, melancholic and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: War, survival, betrayal, death
Content: Mild violence, gore and sexual content. No swearing.
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Full breakdown

Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: war
survival
betrayal
death
justice
Places: big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild