Dear Comrades!

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2020

2h 0m

Russian

History, Drama

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7.5

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When the communist government raises food prices in 1962, the rebellious workers from the small industrial town of Novocherkassk go on strike. The massacre which then ensues is seen through the eyes of a devout party activist.

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Dear Comrades!

Movie

2020

2h 0m

Russian

History, Drama

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Free on Kanopy

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Yuliya Vysotskaya

Lyudmila 'Lyuda' Danilovna Semina

Vladislav Komarov

Oleg Nikolaevich Loginov

Viktor

Svetka

Lyuda's father

Professor Ovodov

Directed By: Andrei Konchalovsky

Written By: Andrei Konchalovsky (Screenplay), Elena Kiseleva (Screenplay)

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Saint Pauly says...

3 years ago

Like watching black & white late night TV and you can't believe how good this movie is. This retelling of a massacre of striking factory workers in 1960s Soviet Russia is interesting thanks to the treatment given it by the director, Andrei Konchalovsky. The director's cool eye and black & white imagery bring out the warmth and color of a party woman who's searching both for her daughter and for the country she once loved.

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miguelreina says...

4 years ago

[Göteborg FF] Konchalovsky builds a look at communism from the silent accomplices, those who know nothing or want to know nothing. This social brainwashing causes the protagonist to long for Stalin, even though she faces the horrors of the KGB. The film has a frenetic pace, of constant dynamism, although in this case the 4: 3 screen, and its unbalanced frames, does not seem the best format for the story. There is a casual look that however does not hide the drama of the story.

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CinemaSerf

a month ago

It's the USSR in the early 1960s and though the Soviet Union is sending messages to the world of it's success, it's citizens are frequently on the verge of starvation. Even the most ardent of Communist party supporters find it hard when the government puts up the prices, but the wages remain static. More

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badelf

3 years ago

This is an amazing story, incredibly well-told. The script, the visual story-telling and the acting are all first class. It's well worth watching to understand how we, as humans, get sucked in by the rhetoric of a "government". This aspect of our collective history has not changed since Hitler was a More

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