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A young officer of Peter I's First Guard, Ivan Demarin, on the instructions of the tsar, is sent to the depths of Siberia - to border Tobolsk. Here Ivan meets his first love and, together with his regiment, finds himself drawn into a conspiracy by local princes, who are hunting for Yarkand's gold. His fortress is surrounded by hordes of wild jungars and there's no place to wait for help .
Featured as part of 2019 Russian film week in London.
A young officer of Peter I's First Guard, Ivan Demarin, on the instructions of the tsar, is sent to the depths of Siberia - to border Tobolsk. Here Ivan meets his first love and, together with his regiment, finds himself drawn into a conspiracy by local princes, who are hunting for Yarkand's gold. His fortress is surrounded by hordes of wild jungars and there's no place to wait for help .
Featured as part of 2019 Russian film week in London.
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ReplyDeleteOne of the most awful films I have seen in the last years. All actors' play is unsatisfactory, almost nothing left from the original book which is interesting and very good, so no surprise the author asked to take off his name from the film titles.
The Russians who commented on this film were very critical of it calling it fantasy and trash
ReplyDeleteIt looks better then the Russian TV / movie trash for the Peter the Great Era (The Sovereign's Servant, The secret service agent's memories etc.)
ReplyDeleteWorth a look I reckon. Always sparks off an idea or two.
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