Russian Ark
by Aleksander Sokurov, RUS 2002, 96 min
This auteur film is a journey through three centuries of Russian history and European art that is visually full of surprises and technically highly impressive. Alexander Sokurov, who has received numerous awards for his documentaries and films, plays the role of the protagonist, a cynical French marquis. Seeing things through his eyes, the viewer is taken through the world famous collection of the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, bringing to life historical characters such as Czar Nicholas II. Great events, such as the commotion of the world wars, are staged in the mirror image of collections of paintings and sculptures. Sokurov produced the entire film, including scenes with up to 2000 actors, using a single shot, in one long cinematic pan, without a single alteration during the cutting. The camera alone is the artistic challenge in this opulent work.
Accompanying program
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- Fri, December 12, 2003
- Future Cinema (Tokio)
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NTT InterCommunication Center [ICC]
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- Sat, June 28, 2003
- Future Cinema (Kiasma)
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Kiasma
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- Sat, March 29, 2003
- Future Cinema: The Last Weekend
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Performance
Medientheater
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- Wed, March 26, 20038.30 pm
- Z_KinoMittwoch. Aleksander Sokurov: Russian Ark
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Film Screening
Medientheater
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- Wed, March 12, 20038.30 pm
- Z_KinoMittwoch. Filmabend mit Gustav Deutsch
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Film Screening
Vortragssaal
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- Wed, February 26, 20038.30 pm
- Z_KinoMittwoch. Kurzfilme von Tommy Palotta und Bob Sabiston
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Film Screening
Vortragssaal
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- Sat, February 22, 20035 pm
- Darij Kreuh and Davide Grassi: Brainscore
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Performance
Medientheater
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- Wed, February 19, 20038.30 pm
- Z_KinoMittwoch. Lynn Hershman Leeson: TEKNOLUST
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Film Screening
Vortragssaal
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- Wed, February 12, 20038.30 pm
- Z_KinoMittwoch. Martin Arnold, Virgil Widrich, Les LeVeque
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Film Screening
Vortragssaal
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- Wed, February 05, 20038.30 pm
- Z_KinoMittwoch. Jake S. Hughes: Anachronox: The Movie
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Film Screening
Vortragssaal
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- Wed, January 22, 20038.30 pm
- Z_KinoMittwoch. Michael Snow: Corpus Callosum
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Film Screening
Vortragssaal
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- Sat, January 18, 2003
- Future Theatre
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Symposium
Medientheater
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- Thu, January 16, 20037 pm
- Ulrike Ottinger: Freak Orlando
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Film Screening
Medientheater
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- Wed, January 15, 20038.30 pm
- Z_KinoMittwoch. Werner Nekes: Der Tag des Malers
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Film Screening
Vortragssaal
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- Wed, January 15, 20037 pm
- Werner Nekes zu seinem Werk
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Lecture
Vortragssaal
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- Thu, December 19, 20027 pm
- Jeffrey Shaw: Place-Ruhr. Place-Urbanity and Dennis Del Favero: Pentimento
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Opening
Medientheater
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- Fri, November 15, 20027 pm
- The Cinematic Imaginary after Film
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Opening
Foyer
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- Wed, November 13, 20028.30 pm
- Z_KinoMittwoch. Jean Luc Godard: Die Verachtung
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Film Screening
Vortragssaal