Russian Ark

2002 Aleksandr Sokurov 1h 39m
Drama Fantasy History

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

Cast

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

Double Feature Pairings

Films that pair perfectly with Russian Ark

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) 2014
One take, no cuts. Two films that use the continuous shot not as a gimmick but as a philosophical statement about the flow of time. Watch as a double feature

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