Directed by:
Aleksandr SokurovScreenplay:
Svetlana ProskurinaCinematography:
Tilman BüttnerComposer:
Sergei YevtushenkoCast:
Sergey Dontsov, Мария Владимировна Кузнецова, Leonid Mozgovoy, Edisher Giorgobiani, Yelena Rufanova, Aleksandr Razbash, Viktor Mikhaylov (more)Plots(1)
Told in one fluid shot, a tale, which floats like a dreamlike journey through the spaces of the majestic Hermitage in St. Petersburg, engaging real and imagined characters from Russian and European history. The nameless protagonist, a 19th-century French diplomat, guides the audience through a lost, sumptuous dream--meant to be considered and experienced as the Enlightenment period. The film-staged among some of the masterpieces of the Western Art tradition--climaxes in a pageant of color, motion, and music. For Sokurov, the Hermitage--home to generations of Romonovs and repository of so much Russian history--is the ark of the Russian soul, guarding it affectionately until the world sees better days. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Sergey Dontsov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/071/162071928_1bc78d.jpg)
Sergey Dontsov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Papa (2004)
Russian Ark (2002)
Taras Bulba (2009)
![Мария Владимировна Кузнецова](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/109/309/109309357_0404f5.jpg)
Мария Владимировна Кузнецова
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Italian (2005)
Tycoon (2002)
Russian Ark (2002)
![Leonid Mozgovoy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/168/159168691_0cbf39.jpg)
Leonid Mozgovoy
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Border (2007)
Ugly Swans (2006)
Russian Ark (2002)
Edisher Giorgobiani
Best movies:
Repentance (1984)
Russian Ark (2002)
Lyubimaya zhenshchina mekhanika Gavrilova (1981)
![Yelena Rufanova](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/418/162418097_9dc6c7.jpg)
Yelena Rufanova
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Russian Ark (2002)
Molokh (1999)
Žesť (2006)
Aleksandr Razbash
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Father and Son (2003)
Russian Ark (2002)
![Viktor Mikhaylov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/215/159215200_d4b5d0.jpg)
Viktor Mikhaylov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Dead Man's Letters (1986)
Visitor of a Museum (1989)
Ugly Swans (2006)
![Khelga Filippova](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/604/158604120_a50861.jpg)
Khelga Filippova
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Downfall (2004)
Russian Ark (2002)
Julenka (2009)
![Константин Демидов](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/607/158607767_dfb3d4.jpg)
Константин Демидов
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Castle (1994)
Russian Ark (2002)
Attack on Leningrad (2009)
![Aleksey Barabash](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/359/162359365_01b5f3.jpg)
Aleksey Barabash
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Dawns Here Are Quiet (2015)
Pitěr FM (2006)
Russian Ark (2002)
![Светлана Смирнова](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/637/158637019_d8407e.jpg)
Светлана Смирнова
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Russian Ark (2002)
Bedouin (2011)
Koltsa Almanzora (1977)
![Vyacheslav Manucharov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/694/158694068_30bc86.jpg)
Vyacheslav Manucharov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Russian Ark (2002)
![Anna Dyukova](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/168/159168712_336306.jpg)
Anna Dyukova
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Russian Ark (2002)
The Captain's Daughter (2000)
Cold Souls (2009)
![Yuriy Orlov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/168/159168739_1a0e44.jpg)
Yuriy Orlov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Deja vu (1990)
I Won't Come Back (2014)
The Romanovs: An Imperial Family (2000)
![Кирилл Петров](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/604/159604057_22d9cc.jpg)
Кирилл Петров
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Gibel imperii (2005) (series)
Granica. Tajožnyj roman (2001) (series)
Russian Ark (2002)
![Sergey Peregudov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/737/164737105_b1eb38.jpg)
Sergey Peregudov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Soyuz spaseniya (2019)
Russian Ark (2002)
Begletsy (2014)
Lev Eliseev
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Idiot (2003) (series)
Russian Ark (2002)
Taurus (2001)
Valeriy Filonov
Best movies:
Admiral (2009) (series)
My Friend Ivan Lapshin (1984)
Khrustalyov, My Car! (1998)
![Ilya Shakunov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/832/161832041_87fe90.jpg)
Ilya Shakunov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Of Freaks and Men (1998)
Russian Ark (2002)
Molokh (1999)
Artyom Strelnikov
Best movies:
Last Resort (2000)
Russian Ark (2002)