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Russian Ark
A ghost and a French marquis wander through the Winter Palace in St Petersburg, encountering scenes from many different periods of its history.
2002 · Directed by Aleksandr Sokurov · 99 min · Drama · Fantasy · History · 11 frames
Tagline
2000 cast members, 3 orchestras, 33 rooms, 300 years, ALL IN ONE TAKE
Crew
- Written by: Aleksandr Sokurov, Anatoly Nikiforov
- Cinematography: Tilman Büttner
- Edited by: Stefan Ciupek, Sergey Ivanov, Betina Kuntzsch
- Music: Sergei Yevtushenko
- Produced by: Oliver Damian, Andrew Colton, Vladimir Plyatskovsky, John Hamilton
Cast
- Sergey Dreyden as Marquis de Custine
- Mariya Kuznetsova as Catherine The Great
- Leonid Mozgovoy as The Spy
- Mikhail Piotrovsky as Hermitage director
- Edisher (Davit) Giorgobiani as Orbeli
- Aleksandr Chaban as Boris Piotrovsky
- Lev Eliseev as Self
- Oleg Khmelnitsky as Self
- Alla Osipenko as Self
- Artyom Strelnikov as talented boy
Production
- Country: Russia, Germany
- Language: Persian, Russian, French
- Studios: The State Hermitage Museum, The Hermitage Bridge Studio, Egoli Tossell Pictures
- Box office: $6,723,732
- Themes: museum, time travel, st. petersburg, russia, russian history, one take
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