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The year is 1936 and Colonel Kotov, his wife Maroussia and their young daughter Nadia are leading a happy life in their country home. That is, until Dimitri, a man on an evil mission, enters their lives. Read more
| Starring | Nikita Mikhalkov, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Oleg Menchikov |
|---|---|
| Director | Nikita Mikhalkov |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
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The year is 1936 and Colonel Kotov, his wife Maroussia and their young daughter Nadia are leading a happy life in their country home. That is, until Dimitri, a man on an evil mission, enters their lives.
| Starring | Nikita Mikhalkov, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Oleg Menchikov |
|---|---|
| Director | Nikita Mikhalkov |
| Studio | SECOND SIGHT |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 9 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: Russian |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1994 To Rent: DVD: 10 Mar 2008 |
Complex and tragic, at times almost Chekhovian, evocation of an ambiguous time, of unthinking brutality darkening a summer landscape.
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Tough! Beautiful! Horrendous!
This is a truly excellent film! But really quite tough to take. I saw it on a Friday night before I was supposed to go out. I went home instead, feeling like I ... read more »
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worth it in the end
wonderful film if you stick with it (it helps if you know a bit of the history of the time)
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Really bad
the film started off well (hence the one star) but soon disintegrated into pointless meaningless farce. I ended up watching it on fast forward just to see if ... read more »
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Multi-layered masterpiece
This film just got better and better.. so much going on, the filming was very special.. the type of film that one will think of many times in the future as ... read more »