Vladimir KHOTINENKO
Владимир ХОТИНЕНКО
Vladimir KHOTINENKO
2005, 520mn 
Colour,
Gibel imperii
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Гибель империи

 

 Gibel imperii

 Le Déclin de l'Empire

 
Directed by : Vladimir KHOTINENKO (Владимир ХОТИНЕНКО)
 
Cast
Aleksandr BASHIROV (Александр БАШИРОВ)
Fyodor BONDARCHUK (Федор БОНДАРЧУК)
Nikolay DOSTAL (Николай ДОСТАЛЬ) ...Katia, la femme de ménage
Vladislav GALKIN (Владислав ГАЛКИН)
Chulpan KHAMATOVA (Чулпан ХАМАТОВА)
Gleb MATVEYCHUK (Глеб МАТВЕЙЧУК)
Mariya MIRONOVA (Мария МИРОНОВА) ...Elena Sabourova
Egor PAZENKO (Егор ПАЗЕНКО)
Dmitry PEVTSOV (Дмитрий ПЕВЦОВ)
Kseniya RAPPOPORT (Ксения РАППОПОРТ) ...Alina Gorskaia
Roman SINITSYN (Роман СИНИЦЫН)
 
Cinematography : Ilya DIOMIN (Илья ДЕМИН)
 

Plot synopsis
Russian empire. second decade of the twentieth century. As a result of the conflict between the Entente and the bloc of the Central Powers led by Germany, which broke out in August 1914, Russia was drawn into the First World War.
A wave of unrest is sweeping across the country. Revolutionary sentiments are growing stronger every day. Counterintelligence is trying with all its might to stop the activities of German spies active in the country...
 

commentaries
La Première Guerre mondiale vue par le cinéma russe, Alexey BELOGORYEV, Dimitri FILIMONOV, La Revue russe, 2016, N°47, 2016
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- War in contemporary Russian cinema, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023