by Alexander Sokurov, Russia, Germany 2002, 96'
| SCREENPLAY: Aleksandr Sokurov, Anatoli Nikiforov, Boris Khaimsky, Svetlana Proskurina | MUSIC: Sergei Yevtushenko | |
| PHOTOGRAPHY: Tilman Büttner | PRODUCER: Andrey Deryabin, Jens Meurer, Karsten Stöter | |
| EDITING: Stefan Ciupek, Sergej Ivanov, Betina Kuntzsch | LANGUAGE: Russian |
Presented at Lo schermo dell'arte 2015, 8th Edition
The TV camera takes the spectator on a journey through time and the artworks collected in the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. The guide is an 18th century French diplomat. An extraordinary production (a cast of 4.500 actors and crowd-scene players, 3 orchestras, 22 assistant directors, 50 electricians), the film consists of a single tracking digital shot. Through the Palace’s salons, halls and chambers, the visitors encounter the people who once lived there, Peter the Great, Catherine II, Nicholas II, last of the Romanovs, and the tourists of our time.
The TV camera takes the spectator on a journey through time and the artworks collected in the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. The guide is an 18th century French diplomat. An extraordinary production (a cast of 4.500 actors and crowd-scene players, 3 orchestras, 22 assistant directors, 50 electricians), the film consists of a single tracking digital shot. Through the Palace’s salons, halls and chambers, the visitors encounter the people who once lived there, Peter the Great, Catherine II, Nicholas II, last of the Romanovs, and the tourists of our time.