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Dead Mountaineer's Hotel

Name: Dead Mountaineer's Hotel
Genre: Crime, Drama, Science Fiction
Released: 1979
Duration: 84 min

Hukkunud Alpinisti hotell

1979 · 84 min · Crime

A detective summoned to a remote Alpine hotel finds nothing amiss — until an avalanche cuts the guests off from the world and a string of strange events suggests something not entirely human is among them. A stylish sci-fi mystery adapted from the Strugatsky brothers.

Runtime: 84 min
Genre: Crime · Drama · Science Fiction
Mood: tense · thoughtful
Entry: easy entry
Best for: first visit · shorter watch

Content notes: violence or threat Non-exhaustive

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Part of 10 Essential Estonian Films

This film is stop 3 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Estonia. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

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