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Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained

1977 · 81 min

A quiet, earnest Soviet drama about starting over, watching a man find a new craft and new connections after leaving sport behind.

Directed by
Yakov Segel
Genres
Drama
Starring
Aleksandr Mikhaylov, Liliya Aleshnikova, Vadim Zakharchenko
Overview
The thirty-year-old decathlete leaves the big sport and becomes a stunt performer in the cinema. About how the movie is shot, and about the development of personal relationships between the main characters.

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Directed by
Yakov Segel
Genres
Drama
Starring
Aleksandr Mikhaylov, Liliya Aleshnikova, Vadim Zakharchenko
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • ambition
    • identity
    • work
    • love
    Places
    None
    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
    Action3
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism7
    Romance4
    Tension3
    Darkness3
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Yakov Segel
    Written by
    Yakov Segel
    Starring
    Aleksandr Mikhaylov, Liliya Aleshnikova, Vadim Zakharchenko, Aleksandr Lazarev, Marina Dyuzheva, Natalya Martinson, Semyon Farada, Vladimir Grammatikov
    Music
    Evgeniy Krylatov
    Cinematography
    Igor Klebanov
    Runtime
    81 min
    Country
    Soviet Union
    Languages
    Russian

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