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Franka — The Wife of Kham

1991 · 92 min

A somber, emotionally charged drama that lingers on inner turmoil and the weight of past sins.

Directed by: Dmitriy Zaytsev
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Hanna Dunowska, Gennadi Shkuratov, Rita Gladunko

Overview: The beautiful Franka, the daughter of a Polish official, marries a peasant Pavel and cannot accept her happy fate: before her marriage, she had to be a laundress in rich houses and a prostitute. And now Franka's restless soul longs for repentance.

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Directed by: Dmitriy Zaytsev
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Hanna Dunowska, Gennadi Shkuratov, Rita Gladunko

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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 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: guilt
redemption
identity
class
love
Places: countryside
small town
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	2
Humour	2
Realism	7
Romance	6
Tension	5
Darkness	7
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama, romance
Directed by: Dmitriy Zaytsev
Written by: Aleksandr Zajtsev
Starring: Hanna Dunowska, Gennadi Shkuratov, Rita Gladunko, Nadezhda Butyrtseva, Aleksandr Sayko, Inna Alenikova, Andrei Bubashkin, Yuri Dedovich
Cinematography: Vladimir Sporyshkov
Runtime: 92 min
Country: Soviet Union
Languages: Russian

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