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The Great Glinka

1946 · 116 min

A stately, earnest Soviet-era portrait of an artist's life, paced like a slow symphony and rich with period detail.

Directed by: Lev Arnshtam
Genres: Music, History
Starring: Boris Chirkov, Vasili Merkuryev, Mikhail Derzhavin

Overview: About the life of the Russian composer Mikhail Glinka.

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Directed by: Lev Arnshtam
Genres: Music, History
Starring: Boris Chirkov, Vasili Merkuryev, Mikhail Derzhavin

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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
upliftingstrength 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
music
identity
ambition
class
Places: single country house
big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	2
Realism	7
Romance	3
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: music, history
Directed by: Lev Arnshtam
Written by: Lev Arnshtam
Starring: Boris Chirkov, Vasili Merkuryev, Mikhail Derzhavin, Pyotr Aleynikov, Katya Ivanova, Valentina Serova, Klavdiya Polovikova, Nikolai Svobodin
Music: Vissarion Shebalin
Cinematography: Aleksandr Shelenkov, Yu-Lan Chen
Runtime: 116 min
Country: Soviet Union
Languages: Russian

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