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The Unhealer
2021 · Fantasy · Thriller
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A Marxist Vampire Comedy
1928: Lyovuschka, a Soviet worker, is cast in the role of Trotsky for Eisenstein‘s latest film, but quickly finds his dreams of an actor‘s life shattered when Trotsky falls into Stalin‘s disfavor. Exiled from his homeland, he poses as a wealthy baron and finds himself stuck in a glamorous seaside resort in Germany awaiting a barge that will take him to Hollywood. A summer romance kicks off when he meets the eccentric factory owner Octavia Flambow-Jansen - it's just too bad there are vampires around.
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CinemaSerf
July 24, 2026
If you are expecting Peter Cushing then think again; this is a much more obstruse analysis of just what vampyric might mean from the mouth of Karl Marx. Not for us, here, is gore, gothic and gruesome. This is more an opportunity for auteur Julian Radlmaier to concoct something altogether more provocatively humorous as we follow the adventures of "Ljowushka" (Aleksandre Koberidze). He's a poverty-stricken dreamer who…
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