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eBay item number:375069269628
Item specifics
- Condition
- Modified Item
- No
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United Kingdom
- Cinematic Movement
- Cult
- Case Type
- Tall/DVD Case
- Music Artist
- Sergey Yevtushenko
- Region Code
- DVD: 2 (Europe, Japan, Middle East...)
- Edition
- Collector's Edition, Sealed, Special Edition
- DVD Edition Year
- 2003
- Leading Role
- Sergei Dreiden
- EAN
- 5021866256306
About this product
Product Information
The world's first single take unedited full length feature film, this is a journey of three hundred years of Russian art and history. Two men witness key historical figures enacting scenes from the Tsarist Empire.
Product Identifiers
Producer
Jens Meurer, Karsten Stoter, Andrey Deryabin
EAN
5021866256306
eBay Product ID (ePID)
3963774
Product Key Features
Actor
Lev Yeliseyev, Artem Strelnikov, Mikhail Piotrovsky, Maria Kuznetsova, Alla Osipenko, Oleg Khmelnitsky, Leonid Mozgovoy, Sergei Dreiden, Alexander Chaban, David Giorgobiani
Film/TV Title
Russian Ark
Director
Alexandr Sokurov
Language
Russian
Subtitle Language
English
Run Time
96 Mins
Aspect Ratio
Wide Screen
Release Year
2003
Format
DVD
Features
Making Of Documentary\Hubert Robert A Fortunate Life Documentary Film By Alexander Sokurov\Filmographies\Biographies\Theatrical Trailer, Widescreen, With Subtitles
Genre
Drama, General
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs
1
Certificate
U
Country/Region of Manufacture
Russia
Music Performer
State Hermitage Orchestra
Composer
Sergey Yevtushenko
Additional Information
A visually hypnotising cinematic feat, RUSSIAN ARK is Alexsandr Sokurov's spellbinding ode to St. Petersburg's State Hermitage Museum. Shot in one fluid take using High Definition video cameras, the photography floats and careens through the lavish corridors of the museum, examining its architectural details while following a dreamlike plot. A cast of 867 actors supply the action of the film, whether dancing the mazurka in a lively ballroom, performing a military salute, or watching a theatre performance. The Marquis (Sergey Dreiden), an aged but limber European dressed in solid black, is the film's charismatic guide, leading the narrator--who is the unidentified voice behind the camera--through each doorway and into each gallery in a sweeping tour of the Hermitage. While the Marquis interacts with some of the guests, debating about Italian art with a couple of Russian scholars, delighting over rich paintings by Rubens and Van Dyck with an angelic blind woman, taking a lively brunette for a spin on the dance floor, others do not see him. Even the narrator suspects that the Marquis is a ghost, long dead and wandering the Hermitage in a quest to better understand history. Time periods, indicated by style of dress, fluctuate between the 1700s and the present. Famous Russian figures, such as Peter the Great, Nicholas I, and Catherine the Great appear and then disappear, with no explanation of their roles. Between the Marquis and the narrator, confusion reigns. They are spectators and trespassers in this mysterious space, trying to find their way.
Reviews
Sight and Sound - ...Dazzling....RUSSIAN ARK's examination of the role in our lives of history and art makes it a fascinating and absorbing film..., Premiere - ...One of the greatest technical accomplishments in the history of the visual arts..., Los Angeles Times - RUSSIAN ARK is an astonishing technological feat, but what is even more remarkable is that the technology does not overwhelm the artistry..., Entertainment Weekly - p70 - ...The movie is a meditation on the love and envy that Russia has always felt toward Europe..., Box Office - ...Rich in the colorful and opulent costumes and historical details of the Imperial eras, RUSSIAN ARK moves at a lively pace...
Sound source
Dolby Digital 5.1
Movie/TV Title
Russian Ark
Director of Photography
Tilman Bⁿttner
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