A wide-scope panoramic view of Russia in 1916. The country is in its third year of war which seems to never end, with police rule, hunger and devastation at their peak. All this plays out against a background of luxury and corruption at the court, where the agonizing power still entertains hopes of coping with "the rebels". The courtiers have a presentiment of the collapse of the Russian autocracy. Fear, despair and blind belief in Providence make a fertile ground for the "great" starets, adventurist Rasputin, who is a friend of the royal family and has gained mastery over the Czar and his ministers. The filmmakers used newsreels of the 1917 Revolution…
This controversial historic drama was released twice: in 1975 and, after a number of changes, in 1985.

RUSCICO offers the film's 1985 version.



Awards:
• Special Jury Prize FIPRESCI for off-competition films at the Venice IFF, 1982
• Grand Prize “The Golden Eagle” at the Ruel-Malmeson IFF (France), 1985


Special Freatures:
• Pictures and filmographies of the film’s authors
• Candids from the shooting ground
• An interview with the leading actor A. Petrenko
• An interview with the production designer Sh. Abdusalamov
• The documentaries: “300th Anniversary of the House of Romanov” and “Burial of the remains of the royal family”

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SHirokomasshtabnaya panorama Rossii 1916 goda. Strana uzhe tretij god vedet vojnu, kotoroj ne vidno kontsa, protsvetayut politsejskij proizvol, golod i razruha. I vse eto na fone tsaryaschej pri dvore roskoshi i korruptsii, kogda agoniziruyuschaya vlast esche nadeetsya spravitsya s "buntovschikami". Pridvornye predchuvstvuyut krah russkogo samoderzhaviya. Strah, bezyshodnost, slepaya vera v providenie - blagodatnaya pochva dlya "velikogo" startsa - avantyurista Rasputina, vhozhego v tsarskuyu semyu i imeyuschego vlast nad tsarem i ego ministrami…

V filme ispolzovany hronikalnye s'emki revolyutsionnyh sobytij 1917 goda.

Eta neodnoznachnaya istoricheskaya drama vyhodila v prokat dvazhdy: v 1975 godu i posle ryada peredelok v 1985-m.

RUSCICO predlagaet versiyu filma 1985 goda.


Nagrady:
• Spetsialnyj priz zhyuri FIPRESSI dlya vnekonkursnogo filma na MKF v Venetsii, 1982
• Gran-pri "Zolotoj orel" na MKF v Ruel-Malmeson, 1985 (Frantsiya)


Dopolnitelnye materialy (Bonus-trek):
• Intervyu s ispolnitelem glavnoj roli A. Petrenko
• Intervyu s hudozhnikom-postanovschikom SH. Abdusalamovym
• Dokumentalnye filmy "Prazdnovanie trehsot letiya doma Romanovyh" i "Zahoronenie ostankov tsarskoj semi"
• Fotografii so s'emochnoj ploschadki
• Filmografii
• Fotoalbom

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