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Russian Ark
Directed by
Aleksandr Sokurov
Not Rated
2002
1h 39m
Drama
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Mystery
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7.2
89%
80%
7.2
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A 19th century French aristocrat, notorious for his scathing memoirs about life in Russia, travels through the Russian State Hermitage Museum and encounters historical figures from the last 200+ years.
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Cast of Russian Ark
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
Alla Osipenko
Self
Artyom Strelnikov
Talented Boy
Tamara Kurenkova
Self (Blind Woman)
Maxim Sergeev
Peter the Great
Natalya Nikulenko
Catherine the Great
Elena Rufanova
First Lady
Elena Kramer
Second Lady
Konstantin Anisimov
First Cavalier
Aleksey Barabash
Second Cavalier
Ilya Shakunov
Third Cavalier
Aleksandr Kulikov
Fourth Cavalier
Anna Aleksakhina
Alexandra Feodorovna, Wife of Nicholas II
Russian Ark Ratings & Reviews
Slant Magazine
Jesse Cataldo
Despite an undeniable attraction to the majestic, Aleksandr Sokurov seems equally adverse to straightforward spectacle, approaching potentially colossal subjects from odd, specific angles.
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Part pageant and museum tour, part theme-park ride and historical meditation.
Village Voice
Aaron Cutler
The movie's smooth voyage comes to seem like a dream play, suspended painlessly in time.
Decent Films
Steven D. Greydanus
Awash in nostalgia and dreamlike passiveness, reflecting the lack of a clear way forward for contemporary Russia.
Houston Chronicle
Eric Harrison
This is a stunning film, a one-of-a-kind tour de force.
Dallas Morning News
Chris Vognar
The camera work is fluid, the concept intriguing.
Arizona Republic
Bill Muller
With unmatched bravado, Sokurov shows scores of celebrants streaming from the ballroom past his camera with nary a misstep.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
A tour de force of modern cinema.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
Even with its deft parade of dressed-up actors, real human emotion is hard to find.
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
Russian Ark does for the history-blind what any halfway decent drug movie can do to nonjunkies: pushes a mean contact high.
San Francisco Chronicle
Kenneth Baker
Merely as a technical, logistical feat, Russian Ark marks a cinematic milestone.
Seattle Times
John Hartl
Filmmakers, critics and more than a few curious moviegoers are going to be studying Russian Ark for decades.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Apart from anything else, this is one of the best-sustained ideas I have ever seen on the screen.
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
For the truth is, given the audacity, the organization, the seriousness of purpose, the movie isn't nearly as provocative as you think it might be.
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
An extraordinary dramatic experience.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
A extraordinary film, one that, like the museum itself, captures and shows three centuries of Russian culture and history in all its beauty, confusion, terror and majesty.
TIME Magazine
Richard Corliss
'What's the Russian word for Wow!?'
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
From the craft point of view, this film by Russian director Alexander Sokurov is all but unprecedented, but that hasn't gotten in the way of its beauty and its soul.
Newsday
John Anderson
The fluid motion is astounding on any number of levels -- including the physical demands made on Büttner -- and it implies in its wake the intractable, irreversible flow of history.
New York Post
V.A. Musetto
A magnificent feast for the eyes and brain.
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