Overview
A mother’s desperate search for her daughter leads to a profound awakening in a repressive regime.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- severe
- foreboding
- melancholic
- serious film night
- historical cinema viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly acclaimed the film’s exacting yet compassionate historical perspective, convincing reconstruction of mounting chaos, visual storytelling, and Yuliya Vysotskaya’s central performance.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Lyudmila begins as a devout communist and Party executive before witnessing the massacre and searching for her missing daughter.
Authorities blockade Novocherkassk, arrest survivors, and attempt to conceal the workers’ massacre.
Lyudmila’s search for her disappeared daughter proceeds amid the strike crackdown and government repression.
The film’s black-and-white cinematography and restrained visual design intensify its period authenticity and emotional severity.
Films like Dear Comrades!, and why
The Lives of Others
shared historical drama, state repression, and morally serious examination of political ideology
Ida
shared black-and-white historical filmmaking, authoritarian surveillance, and intimate human stakes
The Death of Stalin
shared politically charged historical drama, institutional violence, and fractured ideological faith
Movie Details
- Director
- Andrei Konchalovsky
- Release Date
- 2020-09-14
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 (163)
Cast
- Yuliya Vysotskaya
- Sergei Erlish
- Yulia Burova
- Andrei Gusev
- Vladislav Komarov
- Dmitry Kostyaev
- Вячеслав Пигарев
- Владимир Бабаев
- Leonid Gusarov
- Сергей Корягин
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Dear Comrades! about?
- A loyal Soviet Party official searches for her missing daughter after a workers’ massacre shatters her faith in the state.
- What is Dear Comrades! like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Dear Comrades! as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Dear Comrades! violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Dear Comrades! as graphic.
- What did critics think of Dear Comrades!?
- Critics broadly acclaimed the film’s exacting yet compassionate historical perspective, convincing reconstruction of mounting chaos, visual storytelling, and Yuliya Vysotskaya’s central performance.
- Which films are like Dear Comrades!?
- Films with a similar feel include The Lives of Others, Ida, and The Death of Stalin.
- How long is Dear Comrades!?
- Dear Comrades! runs 121 minutes.
- Where can I watch Dear Comrades!?
- In United States, Dear Comrades! is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home.
