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How we built the Moscow metro

2014·Movie
10
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Strong craft, no humor.

Energy

Spectacular

Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.

  • Spectacle7
  • Tension6
  • Fast Pace3

Heart

Melancholic and moving

  • Melancholy8
  • Pathos7
  • Nostalgia6

Humor

A little humor

Not a comedy at heart.

  • Wit & Wordplay4
  • Dark Humor1
  • Situational Comedy0

World

History, politics, and society

Lived-in and easy to get lost in.

  • World Immersion8
  • Dialogue Centrality8
  • Novelty7

Craft

Standout storytelling

Layered plot that rewards full attention.

  • Narrative Structure8
  • Complexity8
  • Meta Narrative8

Style

Standout editing

  • Editing8
  • Cinematography6
  • Music Composition6

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In the 1930’s, the workers of the underground, headed by brigades of writers, are in charge to write in real time "the history of the Moscow Metro". Based on their narratives, partially unpublished, the film recounts the first lines construction of the most beautifiul underground in the world, in the light of this "big literary Utopia", stoped by the purges of 1937-38.
Historical DocumentarySoviet HistoryPolitical PurgesMoscow MetroPropaganda & RealitySocialist UtopiaEngineering MarvelArchival FootageEducationalMeta-Narrative

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10
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Disturbing imagery

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What language is How we built the Moscow metro in?

FrenchRussian

It was made in French, with some Russian. Produced in France.