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Swan Lake: The Zone

Original title: Lebedyne ozero. Zona
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
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Swan Lake: The Zone (1990)
Dark ComedyComedyDramaRomance

This film tells what it was like to live in the USSR with brutal reality. A convict is forced to hide within a model of a hammer and sickle. Here a tragic romance ensues between the convict ... Read allThis film tells what it was like to live in the USSR with brutal reality. A convict is forced to hide within a model of a hammer and sickle. Here a tragic romance ensues between the convict and woman worker.This film tells what it was like to live in the USSR with brutal reality. A convict is forced to hide within a model of a hammer and sickle. Here a tragic romance ensues between the convict and woman worker.

  • Director
    • Yuri Ilyenko
  • Writer
    • Sergei Parajanov
  • Stars
    • Viktor Solovyov
    • Lyudmila Efimenko
    • Mayya Bulgakova
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    232
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    • Director
      • Yuri Ilyenko
    • Writer
      • Sergei Parajanov
    • Stars
      • Viktor Solovyov
      • Lyudmila Efimenko
      • Mayya Bulgakova
    • 1User review
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 1 nomination total

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    Viktor Solovyov
    Viktor Solovyov
    • Man…
    Lyudmila Efimenko
    Lyudmila Efimenko
    • Woman…
    Mayya Bulgakova
    Mayya Bulgakova
    • Old Woman…
    Pylyp Illienko
    Pylyp Illienko
    • Boy
    • (as Pilip Ilyenko)
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    Viktor Demertash
    Viktor Demertash
    • Prison Guard…
    I. Demyanov
    Aleksandr Denisenko
    Aleksandr Denisenko
      A. Galimon
      S. Kharun
      M. Khorevich
      O. Kolesnikov
      P. Korenskiy
      O. Koshoviy
      Vyacheslav Kotko
        A. Kucheryaviy
        Aleksandr Kuzmenko
        Aleksandr Kuzmenko
          D. Kvitashvili
          O. Makarenko
          • Director
            • Yuri Ilyenko
          • Writer
            • Sergei Parajanov
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          The Reality Of Life In Soviet Era Ukraine.

          This film tells what it was like to live in the USSR with brutal reality.

          A convict is forced to hide within a model of a hammer and sickle. Here a tragic romance ensues between the convict and woman worker; which is spoilt by the woman's jealous young son.

          The convict is then forced to undergo a tragic bid for freedom which ends with the beauty of swans contrasted with the imprisoned convicts and the hopeful but ultimately tragic wait by the woman for her lover.

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          • Release date
            • 1990 (Soviet Union)
          • Countries of origin
            • Soviet Union
            • Sweden
            • Canada
          • Language
            • Ukrainian
          • Also known as
            • Лебедине озеро. Зона
          • Production company
            • Kinostudiya im. Dovzhenko
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          Box office

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          • Gross US & Canada
            • $28,769
          • Opening weekend US & Canada
            • $872
            • Jul 14, 1991
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          • Runtime
            • 1h 36m(96 min)
          • Color
            • Color
          • Sound mix
            • Mono

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