RUSSIAN ARK
synopsis
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.
| international title: | Russian Ark |
| original title: | Russkij Kovcheg |
| country: | Germany, Russia |
| sales agent: | Celluloid Dreams |
| year: | 2002 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Aleksandr Sokurov |
| film run: | 96' |
| release date: | IT 08/11/2002, FR 26/03/2003, NL 03/04/2003, UK 04/04/2003, DE 01/05/2003 |
| screenplay: | Aleksandr Sokurov, Anatoly Nikiforov |
| cast: | Sergey Dreiden, Maria Kuznetsova, Leonid Mosgovoi, David Giorgobiani |
| cinematography by: | Tilman Büttner |
| film editing: | Stefan Ciupek, Sergey Ivanov, Betina Kuntzsch |
| art director: | Natalya Kochergina, Yelena Zhoukova |
| costumes designer: | Maria Grishanova, Lidiya Kryukova, Tamara Seferyan |
| music: | Valery Gergiev |
| producer: | Andrei Deryabin, Jens Meuer, Karsten Stöter |
| production: | Egoli Tossell Film, Koppfilm, Hermitage Bridge Studio (RU), Fora Film (RU) |
| distributor: | Delphi Film Verleih, Mikado (IT), Celluloid Dreams (FR), Artificial Eye Film (UK), Nederlands Film Museum Distributie (NL) |
