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The Girl from Petrovka

1974 · 103 min

A bittersweet romance under surveillance, mixing warmth and quiet dread as two people try to hold on to each other.

Directed by
Robert Ellis Miller
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Starring
Goldie Hawn, Hal Holbrook, Anthony Hopkins
Tagline
A Russian girl, an American reporter, the love they shared... and the country that made it impossible.
Overview
A beautiful Russian ballerina falls in love with an American news correspondent. The KGB is most displeased and does everything it can to break them up.

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Directed by
Robert Ellis Miller
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Starring
Goldie Hawn, Hal Holbrook, Anthony Hopkins
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • politics
  • freedom
  • isolation
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
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
Humour4
Realism7
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Genres
comedy, drama, romance
Directed by
Robert Ellis Miller
Written by
Allan Scott, Chris Bryant
Starring
Goldie Hawn, Hal Holbrook, Anthony Hopkins, Grégoire Aslan, Anton Dolin, Bruno Wintzell, Zoran Andrić, Hanna Landy
Music
Henry Mancini
Cinematography
Vilmos Zsigmond
Runtime
103 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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