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Save and Protect

Original title: Spasi i sokhrani
  • 1989
  • Not Rated
  • 2h 47m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
335
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Save and Protect (1989)
DramaHistory

Inspired by Flaubert's Madame Bovary, Sokurov's Save and Protect recalls the most crucial events of Emma's decline and fall, including affairs with an aristocratic and a student. Focusing on... Read allInspired by Flaubert's Madame Bovary, Sokurov's Save and Protect recalls the most crucial events of Emma's decline and fall, including affairs with an aristocratic and a student. Focusing on passion from a woman's perspective and downplaying plot, Sokurov explores his subject in ... Read allInspired by Flaubert's Madame Bovary, Sokurov's Save and Protect recalls the most crucial events of Emma's decline and fall, including affairs with an aristocratic and a student. Focusing on passion from a woman's perspective and downplaying plot, Sokurov explores his subject in exquisite detail, capturing not only the heat of passion but also the quiet moments before... Read all

  • Director
    • Aleksandr Sokurov
  • Writers
    • Gustave Flaubert
    • Yuriy Arabov
  • Stars
    • Cécile Zervudacki
    • Robert Vaab
    • Aleksandr Cherednik
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.3/10
    335
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Aleksandr Sokurov
    • Writers
      • Gustave Flaubert
      • Yuriy Arabov
    • Stars
      • Cécile Zervudacki
      • Robert Vaab
      • Aleksandr Cherednik
    • 1User review
    • 11Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win total

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    Cécile Zervudacki
    • Emma Bovary
    • (as Sesil Zervudaki)
    Robert Vaab
    • Charles Bovary
    • (as Robert Vaap)
    Aleksandr Cherednik
      Vyacheslav Rogovoy
      Yuri Sternin
      Vladimir Svirgun
      Viktor Palech
      Dariya Shpalikova
      Valentin Maslov
      Aleksandr Abdulov
      Aleksandr Abdulov
      Igor Bezrukov
        Pavel Fetisov
          Rashel Gedalyova
            Dmitri Kuzmin
              A. Manukov
              Konstantin Mitinyov
                Tatyana Nikiforova
                  I. Severdenko
                  • Director
                    • Aleksandr Sokurov
                  • Writers
                    • Gustave Flaubert
                    • Yuriy Arabov
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                  mikko_viljanen

                  Astounding

                  This is clearly a very original film. Sokurov uses "Madame Bovary" as his inspiration, and transforms hidden desires and longing of the protagonist into metaphysical beauty. You can't say there's much "happening" in the film. It owes more to painting than to drama, and that's what makes it so stunning. The inner life of the characters is still the centerpoint. Sokurov and his photography team turn reality into something akin of icon-art, twisting and distorting visual image into fantastic forms. Simply: marvelous.

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                    Remade as Madame Bovary (2014)

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                  • Release date
                    • 1989 (Soviet Union)
                  • Countries of origin
                    • Soviet Union
                    • West Germany
                  • Languages
                    • Russian
                    • French
                    • Latin
                  • Also known as
                    • Madame Bovary
                  • Production companies
                    • Lenfilm Studio
                    • Trete Tvorcheskoe Obedinenie
                    • Interpromex Industrieanlagen GmbH
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                  • Runtime
                    • 2h 47m(167 min)
                  • Color
                    • Color
                  • Sound mix
                    • Mono
                  • Aspect ratio
                    • 1.37 : 1

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