The Russian Question (1948)

Original title

Русский вопрос

Directed by

Mikhail Romm

Genre

political drama

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 31m

Rating

4.8 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

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How it feels

An American journalist travels to the Soviet Union to report on the country. He faces pressure from powerful figures to write a biased story.

politically chargedtensemelancholicseriousatmosphericcoldpropagandisticslow-burn

What happens

The Russian Question (Russian: Русский вопрос, Russkiy vopros) is a Soviet political drama by renowned filmmaker Mikhail Romm. Shot at the Mosfilm studio, the film is an adaptation of a play of the same name by Soviet poet and journalist Konstantin Simonov. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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