
Russian Ark
2000 cast members, 3 orchestras, 33 rooms, 300 years, ALL IN ONE TAKE
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Release Date
5/22/2002Runtime
99 minsOverview
A ghost and a French marquis wander through the Winter Palace in St Petersburg, encountering scenes from many different periods of its history.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
RussianBudget
-Revenue
$6,723,732Homepage
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A mesmerizing glide through centuries of Russian history within the walls of a palace, where the boundaries between past and present dissolve into a dreamlike meditation on cultural legacy and loss.
Mood
WistfulContemplativeMelancholicEpic
Themes
MemoryArt and creationIdentity
Tone
Tender
Pacing
Meditative
Look
FormalistLong takesPainterly
Structure
Framed flashback

Sergey Dreyden
The Stranger (The Marquis de Custine)

Mariya Kuznetsova
Catherine The Great

Leonid Mozgovoy
The Spy
Mikhail Piotrovsky
Self (Hermitage Director)

Edisher (Davit) Giorgobiani
Orbeli

Aleksandr Chaban
Boris Piotrovsky

Lev Eliseev
Self
Oleg Khmelnitsky
Self

Alla Osipenko
Self
Artyom Strelnikov
Talented Boy
Tamara Kurenkova
Self (Blind Woman)

Maxim Sergeev
Peter the Great
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