Strengths: setting 10 - fantastic 19thC Russia feeling w/dachas, feasts, serfs, balls, nature;
Acting, directing, Russian dialogue, costumes, theme of cynicism & bourgeois pettiness all good;
English subtitles occasionally errant but sufficient;
HOWEVER, editing 2; As long as the Russian War And Peace but doesn't warrant it. 6+ hours could have produced a more dramatic 3-4 hour film by compressing the incidents w/o sacrificing the philosophy. Still, very worth it.
Review of Myortvye dushi
