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FILM DETAILS

Certificate U

Cast Sergey Dreiden Leonid Mozgovoy David Giorgobiani Sergei Dontsov Mariya Kuznetsova

Directors Alexander Sokurov

Screenwriters Anatoly Nikiforov Boris Khaimsky Scetlana Proskurina Aleksandr Sokurov

Running Time 96 minutes

Russian Ark (U)

Plot
Flitting through 33 rooms, occupied by over 2,000 costumed characters, this is a moving tableau chronicling both momentous events and intimate incidents from Russian history - from the pomp of Peter and Catherine The Great, to the fall of the Tsars and the revolution.

Verdict
Russian Ark won't appeal to everyone, but anyone with an eye for beauty, a yearning for the past or a passion for pure cinema is going to be spellbound.


Reviewer: David Parkinson

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