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The Inner Circle

1992 · 137 min

A somber, slow-burning historical drama that immerses you in paranoia and moral compromise, leaving a lingering sense of unease.

Tagline
Explosive. Unforgettable. True.
Overview
Life changes for a Moscow worker when he's made Stalin's personal film projectionist but cannot tell his bride.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • power
  • corruption
  • betrayal
  • guilt
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour2
Realism8
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, history
Directed by
Andrei Konchalovsky
Written by
Andrei Konchalovsky, Anatoly Usov
Starring
Tom Hulce, Lolita Davidovich, Bob Hoskins, Aleksandr Zbruev, Feodor Chaliapin Jr., Bess Meyer, Mariya Baranova, Irina Kupchenko
Music
Eduard Artemyev
Cinematography
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Runtime
137 min
Country
Italy, Soviet Union, United States of America
Languages
English, Russian

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