The read
It runs a compact 1h 27m.
Synopsis
Set in the early 1920s after the end of the Russian Civil War, Red Army soldier Nikita returns to his hometown to see his partner Lyuba, both of whom are scarred by the trauma of the Russian Empire of yesteryear.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
26 audience votes
Key crew
- Aleksandr SokurovDirector
- Yuriy ArabovScreenplay
Cast
- Tatyana GoryachevaLyuba
- Andrey GradovNikita
- Vladimir DegtyarevFather
- Lyudmila YakovlevaLyuba's Mother
- Nikolay KochegarovEmployee at Registry Office
- Sergey ShukailoYoung Monk
- Vladimir GladyshevFisherman
- Ivan NeganovMarket Watchman
- Yevgeniya VolkovaFemale Watchman
- Irina ZhuravlyovaZhenya
Stills
Themes
husband wife relationshipcivil warbased on novel or book