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Two Lines in Small Font (1981)
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Two Lines in Small Font (1981)
Original name: Две строчки мелким шрифтом
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Soviet Union, East Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Film by Melnikov.
Plot: suicide, research, revolution, historian, reputation

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, captivating and epic films with plots about revolution, politics, state affairs, society, suicide, political unrest and family relations mostly in Drama, History and War genres. Some movies like Two Lines in Small Font: Trust (1976), 80 Hussars (1978), Lenin in Poland (1966), Zhila-byla Odna Baba (2011), Ten Thousand Days (1967). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Trust (1976)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Finland, Soviet Union
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Film is based on the facts of history about the declaration of independence of the Republic of Finland from Russia. The Grand Duchy of Finland was an autonomous part of the Russian Empire until 1917, when the Russian revolution caused the fall of ...
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Time: year 1917, 1900s, 1890s, 1910s
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80 Hussars (1978)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Hungary
Duration: 124 min.
Story: The film tells the story of a regiment of Hungarian hussars stationed in Poland. The hussars, mostly ordinary men, have heard news of the uprising and wish to return to the homeland to defend the newly independent country. The Empire, on the other ...
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Lenin in Poland (1966)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Soviet Union, Poland
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The life of the great Bolshevik leader before the Russian revolution is chronicled in this bio-pic. Much of the tale centers on his exile in Poland where Lenin becomes friends with two peasants. The little girl has a strong belief in the nationalist ...
Plot: fictional history, lenin, world war one, revolution, communist propaganda, communist, propaganda, soviet, world
Time: 1910s
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Zhila-byla Odna Baba (2011)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 150 min.
Story: История частной жизни одной женщины и четверых ее мужчин. Главная героиня - неграмотная крестьянка, и действие фильма начинается с ее ...
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Plot: village life, wartime life, revolution, village, state affairs, village people, rape, countryside, communism, social injustice, russian civil war, woman ...
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Place: russia, europe
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Genre: Drama
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Story: The changing and turbulent history of Hungary is seen through the eyes of three men over a 30-year period in this somber drama. The three recall the highlights of their lives in flashbacks as they reminisce in the mid 1960s. The venerable trio begin ...
Plot: prison, suicide, strike, poverty, execution, socialism, revolution, peasant
Time: year 1967
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Mother (1990)
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Story: The social ferment in late 19th century Russia which led to the 1917 Russian Revolution is movingly portrayed in this lengthy historical drama, which is very faithful to the 1907 novel The Mother by the celebrated Marxist writer Maxim Gorky ...
Plot: oedipus complex, protest, russian empire, political activist, socialist, publishing, forced suicide, demonstration, worker, communist, communism, murder of mother ...
Place: soviet union, ussr, russia, siberia
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Sentenced to life imprisonment for illegal activities, Italian International member Giulio Manieri holds on to his political ideals while struggling against madness in the loneliness of his prison cell.
Style: thought provoking, realistic, serious, gloomy, contemplative
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Genre: Drama, History
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Duration: 155 min.
Story: Meera is a 1979 Hindi language film by Gulzar. The film is based on the life of Meera, a Hindu saint-poet who renounced princely comforts in pursuit of her love for Lord Krishna.
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Plot: loyalty, tragedy, saint, historical event, hindu, marriage, suicide, poison
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