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Killed by Lightning

Jun 27, 2002

1h 5m

★ 6.0

Overview

An anthropologist investigates the origins of human evolution. She had suffered a mental trauma during her childhood when her father, a submarine captain, died during the war. This trauma periodically destabilizes her condition. The ghosts of a prehistoric past and a violent death collide in the subconsciousness of the scientist to give birth to an unexpected theory of the origins of human beings.

Genres

Drama

Science Fiction

Production Companies

CTB Film Company

The Swiss Agency for Development & Cooperation

Fondazione MonteCinemaVerità Locarno

Hubert Bals Fund

Nikola Film

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Cast

Aleksandr Anikeyenko

Aleksandr Maskalin

Vera Novikova

Olga Semyonova

Elena Simonova

Sergei Chernov

Yuriy Zverlin

Yevgeniy Alp

Yuliya Blagaya

Yuriy Krasev

Igor Roldugin

Yevgeniy Struchkov

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0.0

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6.4

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5.3

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8.1

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7.6

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6.8

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6.0

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7.7

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6.1

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7.1

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6.5

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