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Countries
Canada Finland Germany Japan Russian Federation
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Year
2002
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Genre
Period drama
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Type
Film
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Category
Fiction
Alternative titles
- RUSSIAN ARK Alternative
- RUSSKIJ KOVCHEG Alternative
- ROSYJSKA ARKA Alternative
- RUSSKIJ KOWCZEG Alternative
Synopsis
Invisible to everyone around him, a contemporary filmmaker magically finds himself transported to the St Petersburg Hermitage in the early 1700s. He meets a fellow time traveller in the form of a nineteenth century cynical French diplomat. Together they witness astonishing scenes from Tsarist Russia and dispute their significance to Russia's past and the country's relationship to Europe. It is as if the Hermitage is the 'ark of the Russian soul'.
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Marquis de Custine, the stranger
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Catherine the Great
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the spy
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himself
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Orbeli
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Boris Piotrovsky
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herself
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talented boy
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herself
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Peter the Great
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Catherine the Great
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1st lady
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2nd lady
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1st cavalier
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2nd cavalier
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3rd cavalier
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Alexandra Fyodorovna
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Nicholas II
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military official
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custodian at the museum
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grandee of Catherine the Great
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master of ceremonies
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1st card player
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maid of honour of Catherine the Great
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museum official
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court official
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lord chamberlain
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court minister
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minister of Peter the Great
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court official
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court official
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museum official
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court official
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grandee of Catherine the Great
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museum official
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tutor of the heir
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widow
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Chancellor Nesselrode
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insane Italian
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marshal
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Unknown:
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Producer
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Producer
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Producer
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Co-producer (Fora-Film M, Russia)
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Co-producer (Koppmedia, Germany)
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Co-producer (AST Studio, Russia)
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Line Producer (Hermitage Bridge Studio)
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Line Producer (Egoli Tossell Film AG)
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Line Producer (Fora Film M, Russia)
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Associate Producer (Egoli Tossell F AG)
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Associate Producer (UK)
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Stage Manager
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Stage Manager
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Stage Manager
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Stage Manager
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Stage Manager
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Stage Manager
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Office Management (Egoli Tossell F AG)
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Production Manager (Hermitage Bridge St)
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Production Manager (Hermitage Bridge St)
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Production Manager (Hermitage Bridge St)
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Production Manager (Egoli Tossell F AG)
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International Project Co-ordinator
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Production Co-ordinator (Hermitage BrSt)
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Post-production (Kopp Media Manager)
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Post-production (Studio Babelsberg Mgr)
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Post-production (Studio Babelsberg Mgr)
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Post-production (StBa Mgr/Co-ordination)
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Post-production (EgTo Film Manager)
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Development Support (Egoli Tossell F AG)
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Co-ordinating Director
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Assistant Director (2nd)
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Lighting Concept
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Focus Puller
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HD Technical Operator
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Technical Operator
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Digital Imaging
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Visual Effects Supervisor
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Editor
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Visual Concept/Principal Image Design
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Art Director
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Art Director
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Set Decorator
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Set Decorator
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Set Decorator
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Jewellery Maker
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Costume Designer
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Costume Designer
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Costume Production Co-ordinator
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Costume Ornamentation
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Wig Maker
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Original Music Composed by
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Music
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Music
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Music
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Choreography
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Sound Producer
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Sound Producer
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Sound Producer (For Mariinsky Theatre S)
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Sound Recording/Pre-imaging
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Dubbing Mix
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Phonogram Editing
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ADR (Recording Director)
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Foley
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Foley
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Technical Support (Kopp Media)
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Hist Reconstruction Palace Ceremonies
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Consultant
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Consultant
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