The Secret of Gretha Villa
Seen it?1984 | 101 min | Action, Mystery
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who likes to solve it before the characters do and anyone who loves backroom deals and speeches. It plays fair with the clues, so you can play along. Power and ambition drive every scene.
- The mood
- Tense.
- The pace
- Lean, with little time wasted, at 1 hr 41 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Russian, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Not for anyone who finds explosions tiring.
Members of the Shield and Helmet Masonic Lodge, sent by the CIA, are preparing a coup in one of the western countries. The criminal chronicle reporter manages to infiltrate the headquarters of the conspirators. The information he produces will play a decisive role in preventing the putsch. However, the successful journalist soon became convinced that he had discovered only the tip of the iceberg...
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerWeak
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
Not enough engagement data yet
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Cast & crew
Directed by Tamara Lisitsian
- Ivars KalninsYan Plinto
- Aleksandr ZbruevMark Trani
- Elena FinogeevaKarolina
- Yuriy SolominOkores
- Vytautas TomkusMichael Johns
- Ion UngureanuSokdas
- Gurgen TonuntsNicolo Zafesi
- Valentin NikulinMarrone
- Semyon ChungakDzopas
- Semyon Farada"Golovastik"