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2000 cast members, 3 orchestras, 33 rooms, 300 years, ALL IN ONE TAKE - Russian Ark
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Title: Russian Ark

Release Date: 22 May 2002

Runtime: 1h 39m

Genre: Drama, Fantasy, History

Director: Hermitage Bridge Studio, The, Egoli Tossell Film, Fora Film, Koppmedia, AST Studio, Seville Pictures, NHK, WDR/Arte, YLE, DR, Boje Buck Produktion GmbH

Production Companies: Hermitage Bridge Studio, The, Egoli Tossell Film, Fora Film, Koppmedia, AST Studio, Seville Pictures, NHK, WDR/Arte, YLE, DR, Boje Buck Produktion GmbH

Overview: A ghost and a French marquis wander through the Winter Palace in St Petersburg, encountering scenes from many different periods of its history.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.3 (461 votes)

Cast

  • The Stranger (The Marquis de Custine): Sergey Dreyden
  • Catherine The Great: Mariya Kuznetsova
  • The Spy: Leonid Mozgovoy
  • Self (Hermitage Director): Mikhail Piotrovsky
  • Orbeli: Edisher (Davit) Giorgobiani
  • Boris Piotrovsky: Aleksandr Chaban
  • Self: Lev Eliseev
  • Self: Oleg Khmelnitsky
  • Self: Alla Osipenko
  • Talented Boy: Artyom Strelnikov
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