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An elegy for Europe - Francofonia
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Title: Francofonia

Release Date: 11 Nov 2015

Runtime: 1h 27m

Genre: Drama, History

Director: MEDIA Programme of the European Union, ARTE France Cinéma, Eurimages, Idéale Audience, Zero One Film, Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, Musée du Louvre, Netherlands Fund for Film, CNC, German Film Fund

Production Companies: MEDIA Programme of the European Union, ARTE France Cinéma, Eurimages, Idéale Audience, Zero One Film, Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, Musée du Louvre, Netherlands Fund for Film, CNC, German Film Fund

Overview: Master filmmaker Alexander Sokurov (Russian Ark) transforms a portrait of the world-renowned museum into a magisterial, centuries-spanning reflection on the relation between art, culture and power.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.6 (75 votes)

Cast

  • Jacques Jaujard: Louis-Do de Lencquesaing
  • Napoléon Bonaparte: Vincent Nemeth
  • Franz Wolff-Metternich: Benjamin Utzerath
  • : Jean-Claude Caër
  • Marianne: Johanna Korthals Altes
  • (voice): Aleksandr Sokurov
  • (voice): François Smesny
  • (voice): Peter Lontzek
  • : Andrey Chelpanov
  • La secrétaire de Jacques Jaujard: Catherine Limbert
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