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Red Silk

2025 · 145 min

A tense, twisty train-bound thriller with historical intrigue and bursts of action.

Directed by: Andrey Volgin
Genres: Action, Adventure, Mystery
Starring: Miloš Biković, Gleb Kalyuzhny, Zheng Hanyi

Overview: 1927. Trans-Siberian Express. Secret documents that will determine the future of the USSR and China are being transported across Russia. Under the guise of ordinary passengers, foreign intelligence officers and real thugs are hiding, ready to do anything for the sake of documents. A young Red Army soldier and a former Tsarist agent have to team up to uncover a common enemy.

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Directed by: Andrey Volgin
Genres: Action, Adventure, Mystery
Starring: Miloš Biković, Gleb Kalyuzhny, Zheng Hanyi

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: conspiracy
betrayal
survival
politics
loyalty
Places: road trip
countryside
big city
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: ensemble
serialised
true story
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	7
Horror	2
Humour	3
Realism	6
Romance	2
Tension	7
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: action, adventure, mystery, war
Directed by: Andrey Volgin
Written by: Mariya Nefyodova, Ilya Kozhukhar, Alexei Kolmogorov
Starring: Miloš Biković, Gleb Kalyuzhny, Zheng Hanyi, Elena Podkaminskaya, Gosha Kutsenko, Svetlana Chuikina, Yaroslav Mogilnikov, Irina Alfyorova
Music: Mikhail Afanasyev
Cinematography: Maxim Mikhanyuk
Runtime: 145 min
Country: Russia, China
Languages: Spanish, French, Latin, Russian, Mandarin, Japanese

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