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The Marriage of the Bear

192568 minSoviet Union
HorrorFantasyDrama

Synopsis

A countess's frightening encounter with a bear becomes the explanation offered for her son's disturbing behavior. As he grows, the young aristocrat's violence and identification with the animal unsettle those around him. Marriage appears to promise a return to ordinary life, but the wedding exposes the danger concealed beneath that expectation.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Russian.
This copy runs
67:57
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Russian. No subtitle track in this language.

Languages and subtitles

No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · «Межрабпом-Русь» · Public domain

Cast

DirectorsVladimir GardinKonstantin Eggert

Inspirations

The film adapts Anatoly Lunacharsky's play, itself drawn from Prosper Mérimée's Lokis. Its horror leaves room for uncertainty between an actual transformation and a human being acting under a destructive belief.

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