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Over Tissa

Name: Over Tissa
Director: Dmitriy Vasilev
Released: 1958
Duration: 80 min

Representation Score

1.9/10

Minimal

1958

Director

Dmitriy Vasilev

Runtime

80 minutes

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Over Tissa is a product of its 1958 Soviet cinematic context, prioritizing state-centric narratives and ideological stability. The plot functions to reinforce the sanctity of borders and collective social order through a lens of patriotism. The film relies on conventional gender hierarchies and straight-centered romantic dynamics to drive its tension. While the Transcarpathian setting offers a multi-ethnic backdrop, the characters are defined more by political loyalty than by multiple aspects of identity. Ultimately, the work lacks the subversion of power structures or the inclusion of underrepresented identities required by modern standards, focusing instead on the protection of established institutions.

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Category Breakdown

Does Over Tissa have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

The film centers on a traditional romantic triangle involving Theresa, a saboteur, and a frontier guard. It reinforces the assumption that everyone is straight or cisgender without any evidence of diverse gender identities.

How does Over Tissa portray gender?

Limited

Theresa serves as a romantic focal point and catalyst for male action. While she engages in correspondence, the primary narrative focus remains with the male protagonists.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Over Tissa?

Fair

Set in the multi-ethnic region of Transcarpathia, the film uses regional identity as a backdrop. However, representation focuses on political loyalty rather than broad ethnic blending.

How does Over Tissa represent religion and culture?

Limited

The story prioritizes state security, border integrity, and collective labor. It reinforces traditional institutional values and patriotism rather than exploring diverse cultural critiques.

Does Over Tissa include disability representation?

Minimal

The narrative contains no mention of characters with visible or invisible disabilities. There is no representation of neurodivergence or physical impairment.

Present on Screen

The Transcarpathian setting provides a backdrop of complex, multi-ethnic regional textures.

Limited or Absent

The narrative relies on conventional gender hierarchies where women serve primarily as emotional anchors.
The plot reinforces straight-centered romantic structures rather than exploring diverse identities.
The film prioritizes state-sanctioned realism and institutional values over characters who reflect more than one aspect of diversity.

Official Synopsis

According to the story of the same name by Aleksandr Avdeenko. The end of the 50s. Transcarpathia. Two saboteurs cross the border near Tissa. One dies during detention, and the second, under the guise of a front-line soldier Ivan Belograi, appears at the state farm and begins to look after Theresa, whom he met by correspondence. Frontier guard Andrei Smolyarchuk, in love with Theresa, is the first to suspect a spy and is trying to find out what his purpose is...

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