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Stalin's Funeral (1990)
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Original name: Похороны Сталина
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
1953 year. Moscow says goodbye to the leader. In the funeral crowd, Eugene met with Elya. During the long hours spent in the funeral procession, they managed to learn a lot about each other ... But Elia absurdly dies. So Zhenya begins another, adult life ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic, period drama
Plot:
funeral, josef stalin, tragedy, historical event, grief, loss, coming of age, mourning, memory, bereavement, character study, loss of innocence, urban, everyday life, realism, identity, social realism, nostalgia, retiring, fate, cold war, kremlin, stalinism, uncertainty, cold war era ...
Time:
1950s, 50s
Place:
soviet union, moscow russia, ussr
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Country: Soviet Union
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Audience:
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Story:
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 140 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Time:
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Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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