The Pretender (1987)

Original title

Претендент

Directed by

Konstantin Khudyakov

Genre

drama film

Country

Czechoslovakia, Soviet Union

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man competes in a high-stakes contest to prove himself as a successor to a powerful figure. The story follows his struggles with ambition and moral compromise.

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What happens

«Претенде́нт» (чеськ. Uchazeč) — радянсько-чехословацький трисерійний драматичний художній телефільм 1987 року, знятий режисером Костянтином Худяковим за мотивами роману американського письменника Ела Моргана «Велика людина». (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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