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Russian Ark

2002Movie1 h 39 minNR

81

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81

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Summary

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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Leaves you in awe.
Makes you think.

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At a glance

Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+13)
Critics 88Audiences 75GoodWatch 81
Tomatometer89%
Metascore87
Audience score80%
Letterboxd · 42 K ratings3.8/5
IMDb7.2
User score7.2
Running time
1 h 39 min
A typical length for dramas, −10 min on the typical 109
typical 10999
Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 13 countries, rent or buy in 5 more
+3
Released
2002
May 22, 2002
24 years ago
Genres
DramaFantasyHistory
Language
Russian
Original language
Also spoken
PersianFrench
Made in
Russia
Germany
Rated
- NRUnited States
Yes: it's rated NR in the United States, and the viewing guide lists it for kids.
What's in it
ViolenceLittle or none
Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
Frightening scenesLittle or none
Sex, nudityLittle or none
Dark themesModerate
Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFamily Movie NightFriends NightIntergenerationalKidsPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensPure EscapismThought-Provoking
24 of 53
Directing · 3
Aleksandr Sokurov Director, Dialogue, Writer
Leda Semyonova Script Supervisor
Marina Koreneva Assistant Director
Writing · 3
Anatoly Nikiforov Writer
Svetlana Proskurina Dialogue
Boris Khaimsky Dialogue
Production · 9
Jens Meurer Producer
Karsten Stöter Producer
Andrew Colton Producer
Andrey Deryabin Producer
John Hamilton Producer
Oliver Damian Producer
Camera · 4
Tilman Büttner Steadicam Operator, Director of Photography
Stefan Ciupek Camera Supervisor, Editor
Bernd Fischer Additional Director of Photography
Anatoliy Rodionov Additional Director of Photography
Editing · 2
Sergey Ivanov Editor
Betina Kuntzsch Editor
Sound · 6
Sergei Yevtushenko Original Music Composer
Sergey Figner Foley
Edgar Figner Foley
Manfred Arbter Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Sergey Moshkov Sound
Vladimir Persov Sound
Art · 2
Elena Zhukova Art Direction
Natalya Kochergina Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 3
Lidiya Kryukova Costume Design
Maria Grishanova Costume Design
Tamara Seferyan Costume Design
Visual Effects · 1
Kai Woytke Digital Compositor

Tropes

No Plot? No Problem!in 150 titlesA rare cinematic example of a video game trope.End of an Agein 481 titlesPresent in the Romanov scenes, especially the ones where the family has dinner while Alexandra worries that she can hear gunshots.All 24 tropes

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