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A Sacrifice for the Emperor

1992Movie1 h 25 min

DramaHistory
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DecentGoodWatch score
IMDb6.9

A gripping, slow-burning drama movie about history and mystery.

Good for date night · friends night · teens

Skip it if you want fast pacing

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Story

The film is based on documentary facts and tells the story of an officer in the Japanese General Staff who received the task under the name of Captain Rybnikov to infiltrate the military circles of St.Petersburg. It was exposed after the famous Tsushima battle of 1904, when Japan destroyed the entire Russian Far Eastern fleet.

Feels like

  • Historical Espionage
  • Political Intrigue
  • Psychological Drama
  • Tsushima Battle Aftermath
  • Japanese-Russian Relations
  • St. Petersburg Setting
  • Officer Infiltration
  • Betrayal and Deception
  • Suspenseful Narrative

Cast

9 of 9

Crew

Directed by
Roza Orynbasarova
Written by
Aleksandr Kuprin, Vitaly Moskalenko
Music by
Andrey Sigle

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Facts

May 11, 1992 · 1 h 25 min · Violence

Released
May 11, 1992
Runtime
1 h 25 min
Content
Violence
Genres
Drama, History
Original language
Russian
Also spoken
Kazakh
Made in
Russia
Keywords
based on novel or book