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Oblomov

1965 · 103 min

A slow, melancholic immersion into a man's inertia, blending gentle humour with quiet tragedy.

Directed by: Aleksandr Belinsky
Genres: Drama
Starring: Oleg Basilashvili, Nikolai Boyarsky, Mikhail Volkov

Overview: Based on the novel of the same name by I.A. Goncharov.

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Directed by: Aleksandr Belinsky
Genres: Drama
Starring: Oleg Basilashvili, Nikolai Boyarsky, Mikhail Volkov

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
identity
love
family
memory
Places: single country house
big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	4
Tension	2
Darkness	4
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Aleksandr Belinsky
Written by: Roman Rubinshteyn
Starring: Oleg Basilashvili, Nikolai Boyarsky, Mikhail Volkov, Alina Nemchenko, Tamara Alyoshina, Pavel Pankov, Anatoliy Garichev
Runtime: 103 min
Country: Soviet Union
Languages: Russian

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