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Actors: Andrei Panin, Kseniya Rappoport, Artyom Semakin, R. Bershauer, Vasiliy Zotov
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Rider Named Death |
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In turn of the century czarist Russia, Georges (Andrei Panin) leads a terrorist death squad working for the radical Social Revolution Party. His latest assignment: assassinate Grand Duke Sergei Aleksandrovich (Vasiliy Zotov).
Together with the starry-eyed idealist Vanya (Artyom Semakin), the vicious nihilist Fyodor (R. Bershauer), and Erna (Kseniya Rappoport), a bombmaker who has fallen in love with him, Georges attempts to kill the Duke by tossing a bomb into his carriage, but fails due to a series of misfortunes.
With most of his team dead or on the run, Georges is forced to confront his feelings for Erna and for the married aristocrat Elena (Anastasya Makeyeva), even as he plots one, last, desperate attempt on the Duke's life.
--James Craver, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1900-1920's
Polit/Social/Race/Gender activism
Yes
Plotlet:
- communist revolution!
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Story of
- Killer POV story
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- killer
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Unclothed?
- Chest
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Russian
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- red
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 20%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Russian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
Asia/Pacific/Middle East
Yes
Asian country:
- Russia
City?
Yes
City:
- wealthy
Misc setting
- theater
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- kissing
- seeing breasts
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- Russian
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- None
If lots of song/dance...
- lot of dancing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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