Word: razumov
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Dates: during 1937-1937
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...Razumov (Andre Daven) is a French production with English subtitles of Joseph Conrad's Under Western Eyes, which was published in 1911 when the terrorism of Nihilists and Anarchists in Russia was capturing popular imagination. Razumov (Pierre Fresnay) is a Russian student with no interest in politics and on the verge of a brilliant scholastic career when he finds a boyhood friend named Haldin (Jean-Louis Barrault) hiding in his rooms after assassinating the Prime Minister. Unwillingly stirred by sympathy, Razumov tries to help Haldin escape, but is trapped into betraying him. Tsarist police then force him to become...
...Razumov, brilliantly acted, majestically directed and full of the sombre, malevolent tragedy Continental cinemen depict so ably, does not repeat an old shortcoming...
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