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The Journalist (1967 film) (1967)

The Journalist (1967 film) poster
Original title
Журналист
Directed by
Sergei Gerasimov
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
3h 46m
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film follows a successful journalist from Moscow who travels to a remote Ural city. There he meets a local girl and they develop a complex romantic relationship.

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What happens

The Journalist (Russian: Журналист, romanized: Zhurnalist) is a 1967 Soviet romantic drama. It was directed and written by Sergei Gerasimov. The film stars Galina Polskikh and Yuri Vasilyev and tells a story of love between a successful Moscow journalist and a girl in a remote city in the Urals. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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