Russian Ark

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Cast & Crew

Sergei Dontsov
The Stranger

Leonid Mozgovoy
The Spy

David Giorgobiani
Orbeli

Mariya Kuznetsova
Catherine the Great

Aleksandr Chaban
Boris Piotrovsky

Maksim Sergeyev
Peter the Great

Anna Aleksakhina
Alexandra Fyodorovna, Wife of Nicholas II

Vladimir Baranov
Nicholas II

Natalya Nikulenko
Catherine the Great

Svetlana Svirko
Alexandra Fedorovna, Wife of Nicholas I

Aleksandr Sokurov
Director

Anatoli Nikiforov
Screenwriter

Aleksandr Sokurov
Screenwriter

Andrey Deryabin
Producer

Jens Meuer
Producer

Karsten Stoter
Producer

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Audience Reviews for Russian Ark

• Apr 18, 2015

  Russian Ark should be remembered not only as a breathtaking logistic accomplishment that knocked me off my chair with its stunning single take using a Steadicam and digital technology, but also as a sumptuous travel through Russian history and an unforgettable homage to the Hermitage Museum and to Art itself.
  Carlos M Super Reviewer
• Nov 26, 2013

  A never-seen ghostlike figure wanders through the Hermitage Museum (previously home to the Czars) in St. Petersburg, watching re-enactments of Russian history and debating art and culture with a French aristocrat companion. With thousands of extras, it's pulled off in one amazing 95-minute take. It's more than a bit stuffy and tailored to the delicate sensibilities of the fine arts crowd, but it's impossible not to be impressed by the pageantry and technical achievement.
  Greg S Super Reviewer
• Feb 25, 2013

  Visually, second to none. The film is shot in one take and as unexciting as it sounds, it's quite well done. The plot is thin, at best and the sound design is muddled and messy until the final scene. The downfall of the film as well as its success is that it's shot in one take, which means certain scenes are overexposed and others are too dark to see anything, due to the fact that changing exposures during the same shot is quite messy and nearly unforgiveable. Zoom lense is employed throughout and seems to only serve the purpose of getting the framing correct in certain scenes until the operator can catch up with the action. This, in turn, also looks sloppy and degrades the quality of the film. Overall, an interesting film, but I'd struggle to be able to watch it again because the sound design is some of the worst I've ever heard.
  Jason 123 D Super Reviewer
• Sep 19, 2012

  Wonderful concept and gorgeous execution. The viewer moves throughout history to bring alive the story of a building which continues to be of fundamental importance to the Russian people.
  

  John B Super Reviewer

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