Cruelty (1959)

Original title

Жестокость

Directed by

Vladimir Skuybin

Genre

drama film, crime film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 32m

Rating

4.8 of 10 from 4 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 young police officer in the post-revolutionary Soviet countryside becomes disillusioned with the brutal methods used by his colleagues to enforce the law. He tries to do what is right in a world where justice is harsh and personal.

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What happens

Cruelty (Russian: Жестокость, romanized: Zhestokost) is a 1959 Soviet dramatic film directed by Vladimir Skuybin and based on Pavel Nilin's 1956 novel of the same name. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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