The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin

A stark, talky Cold War-era sci-fi with a brooding villain and a slow, ominous build toward destruction.

Directed by

Aleksandr Gintsburg

Genres

Drama, Science fiction, Adventure

Starring

Evgeniy Evstigneev, Vsevolod Safonov, Mikhail Astangov

Overview

A Russian engineer Petr Garin possesses a unique beam-shooting weapon that can destroy any target. His goal is to achieve world domination with the help of this weapon. Vasily Shelga is out to stop him and also to prevent others getting possession of this weapon.

How it feels

Dark, tense, melancholic and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Power, ambition, obsession, technology

Content

Mild violence and gore. No sexual content or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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