Fragment of an Empire (1929)

Original title

Обломок империи

Directed by

Fridrikh Ermler

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 50m

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 25 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A soldier returns home after World War I and the Russian Revolution, only to find that the world he knew has been completely transformed. He struggles to adjust to the new Soviet society while grappling with his lost memories.

melancholicdisorientingsomberreflectiveslow-burnvisually expressivebleakcontemplative

What happens

Fragment of an Empire (Russian: Обломок империи, romanized: Oblomok imperii) is a 1929 Soviet silent drama film directed by Fridrikh Ermler. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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