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All the King's Men (1971)

All the King's Men poster
Original title
Вся королевская рать
Directed by
Naum Ardashnikov, Alyaksandr Hutkovich
Genre
drama film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
3h 16m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man rises to political power in the American South. The story follows his ambitions and the people around him as they navigate corruption and moral compromise.

slow-burnpoliticaltensebleakvisually starkcerebralmelancholicthoughtful

What happens

All The King's Men (Russian: Vsya korolevskaya rat', Вся королевская рать) is a 1971 Soviet TV mini-series, adaptation of Robert Penn Warren's 1946 novel of the same name. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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