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Night Guard

1957 · 95 min

A methodical Soviet-era detective story that builds quiet tension through procedural detail and moral seriousness.

Directed by
Vladimir Sukhobokov
Genres
Crime, Mystery
Starring
Lev Sverdlin, Mark Bernes, Vadim Grachov
Overview
The accountant of the commodity base discovers a small mistake in the documents, as told by the manager of the base. That night, someone hacked and robbed a safe with accounting documents, and committed the killing of an accountant. The case for the search for criminals was entrusted to police commissioner Krechetov and lieutenant Kasyanov.

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Directed by
Vladimir Sukhobokov
Genres
Crime, Mystery
Starring
Lev Sverdlin, Mark Bernes, Vadim Grachov
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • deception
  • justice
  • corruption
  • mystery
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • procedural
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
crime, mystery
Directed by
Vladimir Sukhobokov
Written by
Lev Sheynin, Mikhail Maklyarsky
Starring
Lev Sverdlin, Mark Bernes, Vadim Grachov, Valentina Ushakova, Vladimir Andreyev, Yevgeny Gurov, Yuriy Kireev, Evgeni Burenkov
Music
Andrey Eshpay
Cinematography
Margarita Pilikhina, Vasili Dultsev
Runtime
95 min
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
Russian

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