Russia
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historical drama film
A historical drama (also period drama, period piece or just period) is a dramatic work set in the past, usually used in the context of film and television, which presents historical events and characters with varying degrees of fiction such as c ...
. It is a biopic of
Czar
Tsar (; also spelled ''czar'', ''tzar'', or ''csar''; ; ; sr-Cyrl-Latn, цар, car) is a title historically used by Slavic monarchs. The term is derived from the Latin word '' caesar'', which was intended to mean ''emperor'' in the Euro ...
Paul I of Russia
Paul I (; – ) was Emperor of Russia from 1796 until his assassination in 1801.
Paul remained overshadowed by his mother, Catherine the Great, for most of his life. He adopted the Pauline Laws, laws of succession to the Russian throne—rules ...
and the final film of the historical trilogy of Vitaly Melnikov "The Empire. The Beginning".
Plot
...The cold November 1796. Empress Catherine the Great who undividedly ruled Russia for 34 years has died. The throne goes back to her son Paul I - a nervous and impetuous middle aged man, who is a captive of his own illusions. Deciding to change almost everything what he inherited from his unloved mother, Paul attracts supporters, one of whom is Count Peter Pahlen. He is an intelligent and calculating courtier who thanks to the boundless trust of the emperor gathers immense power in his hands. Pahlen initially supports Paul's reforms but then the situation changes...
The highest nobility in Russia, fueled by the money of England is extremely unhappy with the innovations of Paul I. One after another plots against him are conspired. Distraught by the suspicion directed towards him and fearing for his life, Paul punishes the innocent and the guilty, but this can not save the unfortunate emperor. The main conspiracy against Paul involves his own sons, Alexander and Constantine, and its general command is carried out by Count Pahlen! Paul eventually falls in total despair after he learns of such a comprehensive betrayal, he ceases to resist and the doomed man awaits the conspirators-murderers in his bedroom at the Mikhailovsky Castle ...
Cast
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Viktor Sukhorukov
Viktor Ivanovich Sukhorukov PAR (; born 10 November 1951) is a Russian actor. He has appeared in more than 50 films and television shows since 1974. He starred in ''Happy Days'' (1991), which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the ...
– Emperor
Paul I of Russia
Paul I (; – ) was Emperor of Russia from 1796 until his assassination in 1801.
Paul remained overshadowed by his mother, Catherine the Great, for most of his life. He adopted the Pauline Laws, laws of succession to the Russian throne—rules ...
Count Pahlen
Peter Ludwig Graf von der Pahlen (; , Palmse, Governorate of Estonia – , Mitau, Courland Governorate (now Jelgava, Latvia)) was a Russian courtier and general of Baltic Germans, Baltic German stock, who played a pivotal role in the assassinat ...
Anna Lopukhina
Princess Anna Petrovna Lopukhina (; 8 November 1777 – 25 April 1805) was a royal mistress to Emperor Paul of Russia. In 1798, she replaced Catherine Nelidova as the chief mistress.
Family
She was the daughter of Prince Pyotr Vasilyevich Lo ...
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Aleksey Barabash
Alexey ( ; ), is a Russian and Bulgarian male given name derived from the Greek ''Aléxios'' (), meaning "Defender", and thus of the same origin as the Latin Alexius.
Similar Ukrainian and Belarusian names are romanized as Oleksii (Олекс ...
Alexander Bezborodko
Prince Alexander Andreyevich Bezborodko (; 6 April 1799) was the chancellor of the Russian Empire from 1797 to 1799, and the chief architect of Catherine the Great's foreign policy after the death of Nikita Panin.
Early life
Аleksander Bezbor ...
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Sergey Barkovsky Sergey may refer to:
* Sergey (name), a Russian given name (including a list of people with the name)
* Sergey, Switzerland, a municipality in Switzerland
* ''Sergey'' (wasp), a genus in subfamily Doryctinae
The Doryctinae or doryctine wasps ar ...
José de Ribas
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In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , ...
* Andrey Chumanov –
Platon Zubov
Prince Platon Alexandrovich Zubov (; ) was the last of Catherine the Great's favourites and the most powerful man in the Russian Empire during the last years of her reign.
Early life
The prince was a member of the Zubov Russian noble family a ...
* Ivan Parshin –
Valerian Zubov
Count Valerian Aleksandrovich Zubov (; 1771–1804) was a Russian general who led the Persian Expedition of 1796. His siblings included Platon Zubov and Olga Zherebtsova.
Biography
Valerian was born into the powerful Russian noble Zubov fam ...
Nikolay Zubov Nikolay Zubov may refer to:
* Nikolay Alexandrovich Zubov (1763-1805), Russian nobleman
* Nikolay Nikolaevich Zubov (1885-1960), Russian naval officer and oceanographer
* Nikolay Zubov (icebreaker), see Project 23550 patrol ship
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* Vera Karpova – Baroness Livsi
* Aleksandr Grigoryants –
Vincenzo Brenna
Vincenzo Brenna (August 20, 1747Lanceray, p. 37, states birth year as 1745. Contemporary historians ( Dmitry Shvidkovsky) agree on 1747 (Shvidkovsky, p. 293) – May 17, 1820) was an Italian architect and painter who was the house architect of Pa ...
* Dmitriy Sutyrin – Duke Yashvil
Awards
*2003 -
Kinotavr
Kinotavr (), also known as the Sochi Open Russian Film Festival was an open film festival held in the resort city of Sochi, Russia annually in June since 1991, until it was cancelled in the wake of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.The Golden Aries Award - Best Male Actor (Viktor Sukhorukov).
*2003 - Golden Eagle Award - Best Costume Design (Larisa Konnikova), Best Music (Andrei Petrov), Best Supporting Actor (Oleg Yankovsky).
*2003 -
Nika Award
The Nika Award (sometimes styled NIKA Award) is the main annual national film award in Russia, presented by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science, and seen as the national equivalent of the Oscars.
In 2022 nominees were announced, b ...