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Do Not Shoot at White Swans (1980)

Do Not Shoot at White Swans poster
Original title
Не стреляйте в белых лебедей
Directed by
Rodion Nakhapetov
Genre
drama film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
2h 16m
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man tries to live honestly in a rural Soviet community where he is seen as naive. He takes a job as a forest warden and struggles to protect the land and its swans from local vandals.

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What happens

Do not Shoot at White Swans (Russian: Не стреляйте в белых лебедей, romanized: Ne strelyayte v belykh lebedey) is a 1980 Soviet drama film in two parts by the director Rodion Nakhapetov, based on the novel of the same name by Boris Vasilyev. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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