The Mire

1978 2h 2m RU

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5.7

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★5.7TMDB · 10

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Synopsis

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The action takes place during the Great Patriotic War. Peasant Matryona Bystrova loses her husband at the front, then her eldest son goes missing. Matryona decides to save the youngest son at all costs and shelters him from being drafted into the army in the attic of the house until the end of the war. But it turns out that saving her son, she condemns him to spiritual death, and herself to torment of conscience. A private story about the mother of a deserter grows to epic proportions...

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Nonna Mordyukova
Matryona
Vadim Spiridonov
Stepan
Andrey Nikolaev
Mitya
Valentina Telichkina
Nina
Valeriy Nosik
Grishka the postman
Vladimir Gusev
Misha
Galina Mikeladze
Katya
Arkady Smirnov
Kornakov

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Grigoriy Chukhray
Writers: Grigoriy Chukhray, Viktor Merezhko
Languages: Russian
Countries: Soviet Union

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ERA

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48 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Grigoriy Chukhray, shot by Yuri Sokol. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Mikhail Ziv. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Marina Dobryanskaya shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Nonna Mordyukova and Vadim Spiridonov and Andrey Nikolaev carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0077983 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 10 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Grigoriy Chukhray directs. Yuri Sokol behind the camera. Mikhail Ziv scores. Marina Dobryanskaya cuts. Produced in Soviet Union. Dialogue in Russian.

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148 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Directed by Grigoriy Chukhray, shot by Yuri Sokol. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Mikhail Ziv. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Marina Dobryanskaya shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Nonna Mordyukova and Vadim Spiridonov and Andrey Nikolaev carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0077983 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 10 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.