Russian Ark (2002)

Summary: A 19th century French aristocrat, notorious for his scathing memoirs about life in Russia, travels through the Russian State Hermitage Museum and encounters historical figures from the last 200+ years.

Release Date: April 19, 2003

Genres: Drama, Fantasy, History

Director: Aleksandr Sokurov

Writers: Boris Khaimsky

, Anatoli Nikiforov

, Svetlana Proskurina

Runtime: 1 h 39 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: The State Hermitage Museum, The Hermitage Bridge Studio, Egoli Tossell Pictures, BKM, kulturelle Filmförderung des Bundes, Filmbüro NW, WDR/Arte [de], Fora Film, Koppmedia, NHK, Seville Pictures, YLE TV1, Danmarks Radio (DR), AST Studio, Mariinsky Theatre, Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg (FBB), Filmförderung Hamburg, Kulturelle Filmförderung Sachsen

Distributor: Wellspring Media

Countries: Russia, Germany, Japan, Canada, Finland, Denmark

Language: Russian

Domestic: $ 3,048,997

International: $ 5,641,171

Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)

Summary: Tsar Nicholas II, the inept last monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overthrown and exiled to Siberia with his family.

Release Date: December 13, 1971

Genres: Drama, Biography, History

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner