Catherine the Great

Catherine the Great (2005)

Actors: Phil Craig (producer), Debbie Wiseman (composer), Ruxandra Popescu (miscellaneous crew), Vlad Paunescu (producer), Geo Dobre (actor), Oana Topliceanu (miscellaneous crew), Claudiu Bleont (actor), Razvan Popa (actor), Vasilescu Valentin (miscellaneous crew), Dan Badarau (actor), Alin Panc (actor), Ioan Ionescu (actor), Emily Bruni (actress), John Burgess (actor), Marius Stanescu (actor),

Genres: Biography, Drama,

In One Breath: Alexander Sokurov's Russian Ark (2003)

Actors: Aleksandr Sokurov (actor), Jens Meurer (actor), Jens Meurer (producer), Valery Gergiev (actor), Ron Holloway (actor), Karsten Stöter (producer), Sergey Dreyden (actor), Sergey Ivanov (actor), Jörg Hauschild (editor), Mariya Kuznetsova (actress), Leonid Mozgovoy (actor), Andrey Deryabin (producer), Tilman Büttner (actor), Knut Elstermann (writer), Knut Elstermann (director),

Genres: Documentary, Short,

Russkiy kovcheg (2002)

Actors: Aleksandr Sokurov (director), Aleksandr Sokurov (miscellaneous crew), Jens Meurer (producer), Aleksandr Sokurov (writer), Aleksandr Sokurov (actor), Aleksandr Sokurov (writer), Leda Semyonova (miscellaneous crew), Leda Semyonova (miscellaneous crew), Viktor Mikhaylov (actor), Valentin Bukin (actor), Valery Gergiev (actor), Sergey Losev (actor), Svetlana Smirnova (actress), Boris Sokolov (actor), Karsten Stöter (producer),

Plot: An unseen man regains consciousness, not knowing who or where he is. No one seems to be able to see him, except the mysterious man dressed in black. He eventually learns through their discussions that this man is a 19th century French aristocrat, who he coins the "European". This turn of events is unusual as the unseen man has a knowledge of the present day. The two quickly learn that they are in the Winter Palace of the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, the European who has a comprehensive knowledge of Russian history to his time. As the two travel through the palace and its grounds, they interact with people from various eras of Russian history, either through events that have happened at the palace or through the viewing of artifacts housed in the museum. Ultimately, the unseen man's desired journey is to move forward, with or without his European companion.

Keywords: 1700s, 1800s, 18th-century, 1900s, 19th-century, 20th-century, 300-year-time-span, alexander-pushkin, anastasia, andrei-doronikhin
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, History, Mystery,
Taglines: 2000 cast members, 3 orchestras, 33 rooms, 300 years, ALL IN ONE TAKE 2000 Actors. 300 years of Russian History. 33 Rooms at the Hermitage Museum. 3 Live Orchestras. 1 Single Continuous Shot.

Grafinya Sheremeteva (1994)

Actors: Evgeniy Lazarev (actor), Igor Yasulovich (actor), Lidiya Fedoseeva-Shukshina (actress), Andrey Rostotskiy (actor), Boris Plotnikov (actor), Nadezhda Butyrtseva (actress), Aleksandr Vdovin (actor), Evgeniy Knyazev (actor), Nikolay Stotskiy (actor), Bronislava Zakharova (actress), Yuriy Berkun (actor), Tamara Pavlyuchenko (director), Natalya Rassiyeva (actress), Darya Yurskaya (actress), Vadim Gorlov (actor),

Genres: Drama,

Russia (1986)

Actors: Winston Churchill (actor), Lev Durov (actor), Olegar Fedoro (actor), Adolf Hitler (actor), Kaiser Wilhelm II (actor), V.I. Lenin (actor), Franklin D. Roosevelt (actor), Joseph Stalin (actor), Andrei Tolubeyev (actor), Tsar Nicholas II (actor), Peter Ustinov (actor), Peter Ustinov (writer), Vyacheslav Molotov (actor), Yuriy Orlov (actor), Tsarina Alexandra (actress),

Genres: Drama, Fantasy, History, Sport, War,

Quotes:

Himself - Host: Mister Dostoyevsky, a short time ago you made a speech at the unveiling of the monument to Pushkin. It was a wonderful speech, it was of evident sincerity and colossal power and you said the Russia's destiny was to revitalize the world by the example of it's selflessness and the brotherly love expressed in the Orthodox Church, and people acclaimed you as a prophet, as a saint.::Fyodor Dostoyevsky: What is sincere one moment may be suspect the next. There are times when rational people become wildly enthusiastic, and a day later they'll forget all about it.::Himself - Host: Well, at the risk of shocking you I might say the same about Jesus Christ or his followers like Peter, Doubting Thomas?::Fyodor Dostoyevsky: People are the same today as they were then - they hailed all sorts of insignificant hotheads as prophets. Jesus Christ is the only sure thing in an inconsistent world. We believe that because we must believe in something. It's a human need. It's a human need to be sure about at least one thing. And what better example than Jesus Christ.::Himself - Host: [smiles] And on his own level?.. Dostoyevsky?::Fyodor Dostoyevsky: [angry] Now you shock me!... I'm a believer, at least at this moment, as I reply to you that only the Russian people understand that suffering is the only way to future happiness. Suffering purifies everything. Every moment of happiness must be paid for in the coin of misery.::Himself - Host: [disagrees] Well, I don't think that is entirely true.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky: [firmly] Nothing is always true. A few things are always untrue.::Himself - Host: Mr. Dostoyevsky, when you were younger you were led out into a public square in order to be shot as a revolutionary. In the last moment there was a reprieve and you were sentenced to four years in Siberia and eight further years in the army. Don't you sometimes resent those 12 wasted years of your life?::Fyodor Dostoyevsky: [passionately] No! They gave me everything. My literature, my characters, my understanding, my compassion. Why should I resent a superficial injustice? So, I am grateful, even thankful to the fools, the idiots who sentenced me to be shot.::Himself - Host: [conciliatory] Well, I must say... your speech at the Pushkin memorial was quite something. It was. But I think in light of his opinions about Pushkin, I don't think our friend Tolstoy would even have accepted the invitation to speak there.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky: Poor Lev Nikolaevich - so aristocratic, so balanced. He tries so hard to pretend to be insane - at times quite without success... While I... who have traces of insanity... try desperately to look normal - to be understood... There's Russia for you, my friend.

Emelyan Pugachev (1980)

Actors: Vatslav Dvorzhetsky (actor), Dmitri Shostakovich (composer), Yevgeni Matveyev (actor), Eduard Volodarskiy (writer), Fyodor Odinokov (actor), Viktor Pavlov (actor), Boris Galkin (actor), Tamara Syomina (actress), Andrey Eshpay (composer), Igor Gorbachyov (actor), Vija Artmane (actress), Boris Plotnikov (actor), Pyotr Glebov (actor), Sergei Golovanov (actor), Yuri Volkov (actor),

Genres: Drama,

Caterina di Russia (1963)

Actors: Angelo Francesco Lavagnino (composer), Ennio Balbo (actor), Hildegard Knef (actress), Tina Lattanzi (actress), Fortunato Misiano (producer), Umberto Lenzi (director), Umberto Lenzi (writer), Guido Malatesta (writer), Walter Patriarca (costume designer), Tullio Altamura (actor), Sergio Fantoni (actor), Enzo Fiermonte (actor), Giacomo Rossi-Stuart (actor), Gianni Solaro (actor), Janez Vrhovec (actor),

Plot: Caterina finds out that her husband Peter Tzar of Russia, is plotting to kill her. She sets Count Orlov free from prison, Peter's sworn enemy, becomes empress of Russia and leads the Cossacks army against him.

Keywords: 1760s, catherine-the-great, character-name-in-title, czar, russian-history
Genres: Drama, History,

Great Catherine (1948)

Actors: George Bernard Shaw (writer), David Wayne (actor), Fred Coe (director), Erik Rhodes (actor), Cathleen Cordell (actress), Micheál MacLiammóir (actor), Gertrude Lawrence (actress), Joan McCracken (actress), Kathryn Sergava (actress), George Matthews (actor), Lawrence Langner (producer), Theresa Helburn (producer),

Genres: Comedy,

A Royal Scandal (1945)

Actors: John Russell (actor), Mikhail Rasumny (actor), Sig Ruman (actor), Egon Brecher (actor), Vincent Price (actor), Torben Meyer (actor), Mischa Auer (actor), Donald Douglas (actor), Harry Carter (actor), Fred Essler (actor), Feodor Chaliapin Jr. (actor), Arno Frey (actor), Charles Coburn (actor), Wilton Graff (actor), Dick Ryan (actor),

Genres: Comedy, Drama,
Taglines: Saucy! Naughty! Delicious!

Spielereien einer Kaiserin (1930)

Actors: Eugen Burg (actor), Jaro Fürth (actor), Lil Dagover (actress), Alexander Murski (actor), Peter Voß (actor), Sybill Morel (actress), Georg Witt (producer), Vladimir Strizhevsky (director), Vladimir Strizhevsky (writer), Nikolai Malikoff (actor), Boris de Fast (actor), Dina Smirnova (actress), Michel Linsky (writer), Vera Pawlowa (actress), Max Dauthendey (writer),

Genres: Drama,