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Russian filmmaker Alexander Sokurov (THE SUN) broke boundaries with his dreamlike vision of the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russian Ark. It's the first feature-length narrative film shot in a single take (on digital video, using a specially designed disc instead of tape). Russian Ark is shot from the point-of-view of an unseen narrator, as he explores the museum and travels through Russian history. The audience sees through his eyes as he witnesses Peter the Great (Maksim Sergeyev) abusing one of his generals Catherine the Great (Maria Kuznetsova) desperately searching for a bathroom and, in the grand finale, the sumptuous Great Royal Ball of 1913.
Original Release
06/06/2002
US Release
06/06/2002
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Sergey Dreyden | The Stranger (The Marquis de Custine) |
Mariya Kuznetsova | Catherine The Great |
Leonid Mozgovoy | The Spy |
Mikhail Piotrovsky | Self (Hermitage Director) |
David Giorgobiani | Orbeli |
Aleksandr Chaban | Boris Piotrovsky |
Lev Eliseev | Self |
Oleg Khmelnitsky | Self |
Alla Osipenko | Self |
Artyom Strelnikov | Talented Boy |
Directors
Writers
Aleksandr Sokurov, Boris Khaimsky, Anatoli Nikiforov, Svetlana Proskurina
Cast
Name | Character |
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Sergey Dreyden | The Stranger (The Marquis de Custine) |
Mariya Kuznetsova | Catherine The Great |
Leonid Mozgovoy | The Spy |
Mikhail Piotrovsky | Self (Hermitage Director) |
David Giorgobiani | Orbeli |
Aleksandr Chaban | Boris Piotrovsky |
Lev Eliseev | Self |
Oleg Khmelnitsky | Self |
Alla Osipenko | Self |
Artyom Strelnikov | Talented Boy |
Tamara Kurenkova | Self (Blind Woman) |
Maksim Sergeev | Peter the Great |
Natalya Nikulenko | Catherine the Great |
Elena Rufanova | First Lady |
Yelena Spiridonova | Second Lady |
Konstantin Anisimov | First Cavalier |
Aleksey Barabash | Second Cavalier |
Ilya Shakunov | Third Cavalier |
Anna Aleksakhina | Alexandra Fyodorovna, Wife of Nicholas II / Alexandra Feodorovna, Wife of Nicholas II |
Vladimir Baranov | Nicholas II |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Oliver Damian | Producer |
Andrey Deryabin | Producer |
Viktor Gaylyunas | Producer |
John Hamilton | Producer |
Larissa Maevokaya | Producer |
Jens Meurer | Producer |
Vladimir Plyatskovsky | Producer |
David Reckziegel | Producer |
Andrey Shatilov | Producer |
Karsten Stöter | Producer |
Christiane Thieme | Producer |
Tatyana Tverskaya | Producer |
Alla Tyaglova | Producer |
Alla Verlotsky | Producer |
Andrew Colton | Producer |