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The Eve of the Storm

1967

A solemn, talky period drama that builds quiet political pressure through earnest debate and restrained staging.

Overview
Based on the eponymous play by P. Malyarevsky about the Leninsk events of 1912.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • politics
  • class
  • power
  • rebellion
  • justice
Places
  • small town
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, tv movie
Directed by
Sergey Mayorov
Written by
Pavel Malyarevsky
Starring
Dmitri Pavlov, Galina Kiryushina, Evgeni Burenkov, Sofya Fadeyeva, Anatoliy Toropov, Ivan Lyubeznov, Vladimir Kenigson, Klavdiya Blokhina
Cinematography
Vadim Vasilevsky
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
Russian

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