The Gadfly (1980)
- Original title
- Овод
- Directed by
- Nikolay Mashchenko
- Genre
- drama, romance, tv movie, action
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Runtime
- 3h 30m
- Rating
- 5.1 of 10 from 8 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
An idealistic young man returns to his homeland under a false identity to join a revolutionary movement. He must navigate personal betrayals and the conflict between his past love and his political convictions.
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What happens
The Gadfly (Russian: «Овод», romanized: Ovod) is a 1980 Soviet drama film directed by Nikolai Mashchenko based on the 1897 novel of the same name by Ethel Lilian Voynich. Its screenplay was written by Yuli Dunsky and Valeri Frid. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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