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- 2005
- Not Rated
- Kino International
- 1 h 46 m
- 2005
- Not Rated
- Kino International
- 1 h 46 m
Summary Based on the 1909 novel "The Pale Horse" by Boris Savinkov, this film chronicles the story of socialist revolutionary terrorists in early 1900s Moscow.
Directed By: Karen Shakhnazarov
Written By: Aleksandr Borodyanskiy, Boris Savinkov
- 2005
- Not Rated
- Kino International
- 1 h 46 m
- 2005
- Not Rated
- Kino International
- 1 h 46 m
The Rider Named Death
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Summary Based on the 1909 novel "The Pale Horse" by Boris Savinkov, this film chronicles the story of socialist revolutionary terrorists in early 1900s Moscow.
Directed By: Karen Shakhnazarov
Written By: Aleksandr Borodyanskiy, Boris Savinkov
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
48
40% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
60% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
0% Negative
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Think of it as a dark, suspenseful scenario penned by Joseph Conrad and designed by Toulouse-Lautrec and Auguste Renoir, and jump right in.
Shakhnazarov's film effortlessly captures the times and the author's conflicted yet unyielding attitude, yet it never draws any conclusions -- the film remains under glass.
A visually lavish but somewhat sterile adaptation.
In spite of good performances and colorful design, The Rider Named Death is too grave and remote to stir much emotion.
You can't fault the film's elegant look. But you have to wonder why Shakhnazarov, one of Russian's most experienced filmmakers, didn't take more care with the script.
To make a film in 2005 that asks audiences to sympathize with the plight of a band of terrorists is an intellectually audacious gesture.
All the same, The Rider Named Death is curiously anemic; rather than passion, outrage, and danger, we're contemplating the sotto voce conspiracy love of a quaintly distant age, when results weren't quite as emotionally important as commitment and camaraderie.
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Production Company
Mosfilm
Release Date Mar 18, 2005
Duration 1 h 46 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards
Montréal World Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Russian Guild of Cinematographers, Russia
• 1 Nomination