_**Very bleak and somewhat compelling – a film I admired more than I liked**_
>_The basis for the Stakhanov movement was first and foremost the radical improvement in the material welfare of the workers. Life has improved, comrades. Life has become more joyous. And when life is joyous, work goes well. Hence the high rates of output. Hence the heroes and heroines of labour. That, primarily, is the root of the Stakhanov movement. If there had been a crisis in our country, if there had been unemployment – that scourge of the working class – if people in our country lived badly, drably, j...
Beanpole
2019
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2h 14m
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Drama
War
MOVIEVIBE Rating
★ 7.0/10
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1945, Leningrad. World War II has devastated the city, demolishing its buildings and leaving its citizens in tatters, physically and mentally. Two young women, Iya and Masha, search for meaning and hope in the struggle to rebuild their lives amongst the ruins.
Top Billed Cast
Viktoriya Miroshnichenko
Iya Sergueeva
Vasilisa Perelygina
Masha
Konstantin Balakirev
Stepan
Kseniya Kutepova
Lyubov Petrovna
Olga Dragunova
Seamstress
Andrey Bykov
Nikolay Ivanovich
Igor Shirokov
Sasha
Timofey Glazkov
Pashka
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