Vertical Race (1982)

Original title

Гонки по вертикали

Directed by

Oleksandr Muratov

Genre

detective film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

3h 19m

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A detective investigates a string of apartment burglaries in a Soviet city. He tracks a clever thief who always leaves behind a mysterious note.

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What happens

Vertical Race (Russian: «Гонки по вертикали», romanized: Gonki po vertikali) is a 1982 Soviet three-part crime miniseries directed by Aleksander Muratov based on the story of the same name by the Vayner Brothers. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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