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Russian Ark
Directed by
Aleksandr Sokurov
Not Rated
2002
1h 39m
Drama
,
Mystery
,
and more
7.2
89%
80%
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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
Vladimir Baranov
Nicholas II
Anna Antonelli
Princess Anastasia
Valentin Bukin
Military Official
Svetlana Gaytan
Museum Custodian
Vadim Gushchin
Grandee of Catherine the Great
Kirill Dateshidze
Master of Ceremonies
Mikhail Dorofeev
First Card Player
Valentina Egorenkova
Maid of Honor of Catherine the Great
Oleg Efremov
Museum Official
Sergei Losev
Court Official
Vadim Lobanov
Lord Chamberlain
Vladimir Lisetsky
Court Minister
Aleksandr Malnykin
Servant of Peter the Great
Kirill Miller
Court Official
Viktor Mikhaylov
Court Official
Sergey Muchenikov
Museum Official
Sergey Nadporozhskiy
Court Official
Yuriy Orlov
Grandee of Catherine the Great
Aleksandr Razbash
Museum Official
Boris Smolkin
Chancellor Nesselrode
Evgeny Filatov
Second Card Player
Yuri Khomutyansky
Insane Italian
Anatoliy Shvederskiy
Marshall
Valery Gergiev
Conductor
Igor Volkov
Ambassador
Svetlana Svirko
Alexandra Feodorovna, Wife of Nicholas I
Konstantin Mukhin
The Counterman
Sasha Durpfen
Marie Sinclair (as Sandra Orlow)
Yuriy Ageykin
Alexandr Andreev
Dimitri Alexander
Alexander Alexeev
Andrey Arshinnikov
Ismat Ashurov
Artashes Aleksanyan
Dmitri Bekoyev
Oleg Palmov
Aleksandr Tsybulsky
Aleksandr Petrov
Serhii Romaniuk
Nikolay Gravshin
Konstantin Demidov
Anatoly Dubanov
Aleksey Emelyanov
Dmitriy Zebrov
Yefim Ioffe
Olga Kalmykova
Valentina Kasyanova
Yuriy Kalugin
Valeri Kozinets
Aleksei Krymov
Igor Okrepilov
Irina Osnovina
Valeri Smolyakov
Boris Sokolov
Nikolay Fedortsov
Valeriy Filonov
Darya Khudyakova
Vladimir Chernyshov
Andrey Shchepochkin
Anya Antonelly
Egor Bakulin
Olga Belyavskaya
Mark Gavrilov
Yekaterina Gorokhovskaya
Anna Ekaterininskaya
Sergey Yelikov
Aleksandra Kulikova
Nataliya Kadochnikova
Mariya Lavrova
Maria Mescheryakova
Artur Mkrtchyan
Aleksey Oding
Alla Oding
Kirill Petrov
Rodion Prikhodko
Andrey Rodimov
Yuliya Rudina
Elena Simonova
Kirill Ulyanov
Aleksey Fedkin
Boris Khasanov
Rosina Tsidulko
Yuliya Shubareva
Svetlana Nemirovskaya
Vsevolod Tsurilo
Nataliya Tarynycheva
Khelga Filippova
Vyacheslav Manucharov
Elena Savelieva
Anna Dyukova
Igor Besschastnov
Aleksey Vasilev
Mikhail Terentyev
Mikhail Sharautin
Sergey Peregudov
Yuliya Gorshenina
Gali Abaydulov
Roman Rolbin
Pavel Kornakov
Aleksandr Karpov
Vladimir Belovolsky
Alexander Balonin
Galina Burkina
Eyyup Can Ulas
John (voice)
Aleksandr Sokurov
The Time Traveller (voice / uncredited) / Director / Writer
Svetlana Smirnova
Widow (uncredited)
Oleg Losev
Court Official (uncredited)
Filipp Baron
Vladimir Sevostyanikhin
Under-tutor of the Heir
Yulian Makarov
Anatoly Nikiforov
Writer
Andrew Colton
Producer
Oliver Damian
Producer
John Hamilton
Producer
Vladimir Plyatskovsky
Producer
Alla Verlotsky
Producer
Andrey Deryabin
Producer
Jens Meurer
Producer
Karsten Stöter
Producer
Russian Ark Ratings & Reviews
Jefferson Bittencourt
July 5, 2025
To me, a masterpiece. The technical feat of filming everything in a single continuous shot is both special and magnificent, but what moves me most in this film is the poetry of the music with the images, the sound design with the light in each frame. Sokurov is one of the greats of our time.
In These Times
Joshua Rothkopf
Perhaps no amount of skillful reasoning could have swayed our gatekeepers from their ignorance. But as Kiarostami himself suggested in his dignified statement to the press, the embarrassment is also his, and by extension our own.
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
Desson Thomson
An extraordinary dramatic experience.
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.
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.
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