

Russian Ark
2002-05-22 · 99 min · ★ 7.2
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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Production details
- Directors
- Aleksandr Sokurov
- Production companies
- The State Hermitage Museum, The Hermitage Bridge Studio, Egoli Tossell Pictures
- Countries
- Russia, Germany
- Status
- Released
- Revenue
- USD 6,723,732
Top Cast
Sergey DreydenMarquis de Custine
Mariya KuznetsovaCatherine The Great
Leonid MozgovoyThe Spy
Edisher (Davit) GiorgobianiOrbeli
Aleksandr ChabanBoris Piotrovsky
Lev EliseevSelf
Alla OsipenkoSelf
Maxim SergeevPeter the Great
Elena RufanovaFirst Lady
Elena KramerSecond Lady
Konstantin AnisimovFirst Cavalier
Aleksey BarabashSecond Cavalier
Ilya ShakunovThird Cavalier
Aleksandr KulikovFourth Cavalier
Anna AleksakhinaAlexandra Feodorovna - wife of Nicholas IITitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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