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Resurrection (1960)

Resurrection poster
Original title
Воскресение
Directed by
Mikhail Schweitzer
Genre
drama film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
3h 29m
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Russian nobleman tries to right a wrong after he serves on a jury that convicts a woman he seduced years earlier. The story follows his attempt to seek redemption and her struggle in a harsh prison system.

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What happens

Resurrection (Russian: Воскресение, romanized: Voskreseniye) is a Soviet film made in 1960–1961, directed by Mikhail Schweitzer and based on his and Yevgeny Gabrilovich's adaptation of the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy's 1899 novel of the same name. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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