Vladimir KHOTINENKO Владимир ХОТИНЕНКО Vladimir KHOTINENKO   Russia, 2007, 150 mn  Colour, fiction

1612. A Chronicle of the Time of Troubles ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ 1612: Хроники Смутного времени    1612, Chronique de la période des troubles  1612: Khroniki Smutnogo vremeni

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Plot synopsis

After the death of Tsar Boris Godunov, his widow and young heir Fedor are killed . The usurper False Dmitry ascends to the throne. But a year later he too is killed, power passes from one person to another. Chaos reigns in Russia…
The only witness to the murder of the Tsar’s family was the young servant boy Andrey. The massacare of the rightful sovereign has been branded on his memory, but the main thing that he is unable to forget is the daughter of Boris Godunov, the beautiful Ksenia. Is the Tsar’s daughters alive? If so, where is she now? The Chaos now reigns in the minds and hearts of the people.
Polish troops are attacking Moscow and the Swedes are closing in from the north. Minin and Pozharsky’s army free the country and Mikhail Romanov ascends to the throne. This is the end of the Era of Chaos, and this is the start of a new era in Russia’s history.
Source : www.centpart.com

 

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Commentaries and bibliography

1612. Хроники Смутного времени, www.rusfilm.pitt.edu, 2008

Vladimir Khotinenko, 1612 : A Chronicle of the Time of Troubles (1612: Khroniki smutnovo vremeni, 2007), Stephen NORRIS, kinokultura.com, 2008

 

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Selected in the following festivals :

- Russian Art Festival, Cannes (France), 2008

- Kyiv International Film Festival 'Molodist', Kiev (Ukraine), 2007

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