Zheleznaya pyata oligarkhii (1998)

Note Générale:

4,7/10   

Réalisateur:

Aleksandr Bashirov

Scénaristes:

Aleksandr Bashirov (writer)
Jack London (novel)

Genre:

Drame

Intrigue:

Nikolai Petrovich comes to St. Petersburg to organize a revolution against the oligarchy. |

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel

Récompenses:

2 wins

Avis des utilisateurs:

Beautiful images, but not a great film.

Ensemble

Aleksandr Bashirov	...	Nikolai Petrovich
Sergei Dyachkov
Konstantin Fyodorov	...	Brother-in-arms
Yevgeni Fyodorov	...	Brother-in-arms
Sergei Kagadeyev
Rita Margo
Natalya Pivovarova
Aleksandr Rozanov
Irina Sharovatova
Inna Volkova
Aleksandr Voronov	...	Brother-in-arms
Yelena Yudanova

Autre(s) titre(s):

The Iron Heel of Oligarchy (International: English title)

Durée:

Netherlands:75 min (Rotterdam Film Festival)

Pays:

Russia

Langue:

Russe

Couleur:

Couleur

Lieux de tournage:

St. Petersburg, Russia

Société:

Deboshir Film

Beautiful images, but not a great film.

This is one of the most beautifully filmed movies I've seen in my life. One of the weirdest too. The basic plot is simple: eccentric (or maybe just insane) Nikolai Petrovich comes to St. Petersburg to overthrow the oligarchy. The oligarchy doesn't like that and sends its agents after him. Bashirov, however, tells the story in what are basically a bunch of absurd sketches kept (barely) together by a bombastic, 19th century style voice-over. Some sketches are quite good if you're into absurd humour, but a lot of them are not, often because of Bashirov's own overacting. And they don't connect too well, making the film hard to understand sometimes, but that's probably on purpose.