Russkies (1987) character relationship network mapped with AI analysis. Explore the connections, alliances, and conflicts between characters.
Danny is one of three twelve-year-old military children and the story’s central viewpoint character. He discovers Mischa in the boys’ bunker, helps restrain and interrogate him, and repeatedly tries t...
Adam is Danny’s friend and one of the three boys who discover the wrecked raft and Mischa. Unlike Danny, he favors diplomacy and argues against turning Mischa over to the authorities. He helps maintai...
Mischa is a Soviet sailor who washes ashore after a raft carrying him, Boris, and Sulock capsizes. The boys initially hold him at gunpoint, but he becomes their friend as they try to return him safely...
Diane is Adam’s nursing-student sister and the only person in the boys’ circle with relevant medical knowledge. She assists them in caring for Mischa and helps them obtain information about their pare...
Jason is Danny and Adam’s twelve-year-old friend and a fellow military child. He helps discover the Russian evidence, takes part in overpowering and questioning Mischa, and sides with Adam in refusing...
Raimy is a drunken U.S. Army corporal whose confrontations with Mischa repeatedly obstruct the boys’ plans. Mischa stops him from causing trouble at the docks, but Raimy later pursues the Russians, co...
Sgt. Kovac is Danny’s father and a military adult drawn into the crisis surrounding Mischa. He arrives at the rendezvous with the other parents and ultimately helps secure Danny and Mischa after Danny...
Sulock is a Soviet intelligence officer who ignores his captain and brings Mischa and Boris ashore to receive a prototype surveillance device. He later threatens Danny, orders Mischa and Boris tied up...
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Sulock drags Mischa ashore, later orders him tied up, and forces him into the boat.
Danny pleads for his father Sgt. Kovac to save Mischa after the jetpack incident.
The boys enlist Adam's nursing-student sister Diane to help treat Mischa.
Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.
Raimy confronts Mischa on the docks, later shoots him while he tries to rescue Danny, and pursues the Russians by ship.
Sulock pulls a gun on Danny and orders Mischa and Boris to tie him up.
Diane provides medical help and later assists the boys in learning that their parents went to the bunker.
Jason sides with Adam and does not want Mischa turned over to the authorities.
Adam argues for a diplomatic solution and opposes immediately turning Mischa over to the authorities.
Although Danny initially wants to turn Mischa over to the police, he later devises a plan to help him reach Cuba.
Jason sides with Adam against turning Mischa over to the authorities.
Danny, Adam, and Jason travel together by motorboat and later plan to obtain a boat for Mischa.
Danny, Adam, and Jason share a hideout, investigate the wrecked raft, and decide what to do with Mischa.
Three boys protect a stranded Soviet sailor while military suspicion and personal courage bring opposing sides toward a peaceful resolution.
Directed by Rick Rosenthal
Russkies (1987) · 5.2/10 · drama, family
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