''100 Days Before the Command'' (, translit. Sto dney do prikaza) is a

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Soviet

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directed by Hussein Erkenov, inspired by the eponymous novel written by

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. In order to get Gorki Studios to provide funding for the film, Erkenov and writers Yuri Polyakov and Vladimir Golodov provided the studio with two fake scripts in addition to the real one. The Soviet government censored the film and banned its export. It was not screened outside of the country until the

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in 1994 after Erkenov founded his own sales company.

Synopsis

The film lays bare the cruelties inflicted on young

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recruits by their superiors at a training camp in Central Russia. The film has no narrative structure and rather than telling a story uses vignettes with minimal dialogue to expose the conditions in which Soviet army recruits lived. The film explores themes of homoeroticism.

Cast

* Vladimir Zamansky as The Unknown Man *

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as Brigade Commander * Oleg Vasilkov as Elin * Roman Grekov as Zub * Valeriy Troshin as Kudrin * Aleksandr Chislov as Zyrin * Mikhail Solomatin as Belikov * Sergey Romantsov as Titarenko * Sergey Bystritsky as Senior Lieutenant * Elena Kondulainen as Death * Oleg Khusainov as Angel * Sergey Semyonov as Captain *

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as woman in the field * Vadim Piyankov as lance-corporal

References

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* 1990 drama films 1990 LGBTQ-related films 1990 films Gorky Film Studio films Soviet drama films Russian-language drama films Soviet LGBTQ-related films Russian LGBTQ-related films 1990s LGBTQ-related drama films Military of Russia in films Films about military personnel 1990s Russian films 1990s Russian-language films {{LGBT-drama-film-stub