1612
(ROK 1612)



2007, 135 min., Russia
Russian with English subtitles

DIRECTION:
Vladimir Khotinenko
SCRIPT:
Arif Aliyev
CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Ilja Domin
ART DIRECTION:
Konstantin Mielnikow
MUSIC:
Aleksiey Rybnikov
SOUND:
Steve Schwalbe
PRODUCED BY:
Central Partnership
PRODUCER:
Nikita Michalkov

CAST:
Pyotr Kislov (Andriey), Artur Smolyanov (Kostka), Michal Zebrowski (Hetman Kibovsky), Violetta Dawydowskaya (Ksienya Godunowa), Aleksandr Baluyev (Osina), Marat Basharov (Viovode), Ramon Langa (Alvar)

Russian film critics called this epic "a phosphorescent anachronism." The film treats history in a selective way. It starts with a death of Tsar Boris Godunov in 1605 and ends in 1613, on the eve of Michail Romanov's election for a tsar. That time is marked by anarchy and inner fighting for a throne. The film core is a thorny love between Andrey, a son of carpenter and Princess Ksenia, Godunov's daughter. Ksenia is imprisoned by a cruel Polish hetman Kibovsky, who reached Moscow with his hussars and murdered rightful heirs to the throne. Marriage with Ksenia should give him a title of tsar and government over a vast territory of Russia. However, hetman falls in love with his victim, facing a difficult choice: to respect her freedom or ruthlessly aim at taking over power.

WLADIMIR KHOTINIENKO
Born in 1952 in Stavgorod. Film director, scriptwriter, producer, actor. In 1969-1970 worked as an artist-designer at the Pavlodar tractor plant, then served in the army. He graduated from the Sverdlovsk Architectural Institute in 1976. From 1978 to 1982 worked as an artistic director at the Sverdlovsk Film Studio. Finished the Advanced Courses for Scriptwriters and Directors in 1981, and made his directorial debut in 1984. Worked as an assistant director to Nikita Mikhalkov ("Oblomov". "Five Evenings").

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY

2007 1612;
2005 The Fall of the Empire, TV mini-series;
2004 72 meters; Evening Bells;
1999 Strastnoi Boulevard;
1995 Muslim;
1993 Makarov;
1992 Patriotic Comedy;
1990 The Swarm;
1989 Sleeping Car;
1987 Mirror for a Hero;
1984 Alone and Unarmed.

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