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A Slave of Love

1976 · 90 min

A bittersweet, gently comic backstage drama that slowly deepens into a poignant meditation on art, love, and political awakening.

Directed by
Nikita Mikhalkov
Genres
Drama, Romance, Comedy
Starring
Yelena Solovey, Rodion Nahapetov, Aleksandr Kalyagin
Overview
During the Russian Civil War, the production of a silent melodrama runs into numerous complications.

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Directed by
Nikita Mikhalkov
Genres
Drama, Romance, Comedy
Starring
Yelena Solovey, Rodion Nahapetov, Aleksandr Kalyagin
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • love
  • politics
  • identity
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour4
Realism7
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, romance, comedy
Directed by
Nikita Mikhalkov
Written by
Andrei Konchalovsky, Fridrikh Gorenshteyn
Starring
Yelena Solovey, Rodion Nahapetov, Aleksandr Kalyagin, Oleg Basilashvili, Konstantin Grigorev, Nikolai Pastukhov, Vera Kuznetsova, Gotlib Roninson
Music
Eduard Artemyev
Cinematography
Pavel Lebeshev
Runtime
90 min
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
Russian

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