Khrustalyov, My Car!

Khrustalyov, My Car!

1999 · 147 min · RU · 6.5 (34 votes)
Dir. Aleksei German · Starring Yuriy Tsurilo, Nina Ruslanova, Jüri Järvet Jr., Mikhail Dementyev, Aleksandr Bashirov, Natalya Lvova · Music Andrey Petrov
ComedyDrama

Military doctor General Klenski is arrested in Stalin's Russia in 1953 during an anti-Semitic political campaign accused of being a participant in so-called "doctors' plot".

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A dizzying, nightmarish descent into paranoia and absurdity. The film feels like a fever dream, a chaotic and darkly funny exploration of a world gone mad under oppressive power. It's a disorienting, unforgettable ride.

absurdistdarkly comedicdisorientingclaustrophobicnihilisticfreneticSoviet surrealismblack comedypolitical satirearthouseparanoiapolitical oppressionabsurdity of poweridentity
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