Russian Ark
2000 cast members, 3 orchestras, 33 rooms, 300 years, ALL IN ONE TAKE
A visually sumptuous, meditative journey through Russian history and cultural memory, structured as a ghostly tour through time and space rather than a conventional narrative.
A ghost and a French marquis wander through the Winter Palace in St Petersburg, encountering scenes from many different periods of its history.
Essence
Ensemble
Sergey Dreyden
Marquis de Custine
Mariya Kuznetsova
Catherine The Great
Leonid Mozgovoy
The Spy
Mikhail Piotrovsky
Hermitage director
Edisher (Davit) Giorgobiani
Orbeli
Aleksandr Chaban
Boris Piotrovsky
Lev Eliseev
Self
Oleg Khmelnitsky
Self
Alla Osipenko
Self
Artyom Strelnikov
talented boy
Tamara Kurenkova
blind woman
Maxim Sergeev
Peter the Great
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