

1612: Chronicles of the Dark Time
2007-10-28 · 135 min · ★ 5.0
The czar of Russia has died and a power vacuum has developed. This period in the late 16th and early 17th century has been called "The Time of Troubles." There are many impostors who claim to the right to rule, but there's only one heir, the Czarina Kseniya Godunova. She has married a Polish military leader who wants to claim the Russian throne in her name so he can rule all of Russia. As the Poles move in on Moscow in an attempt to install the czarina on the throne, Andrei, a serf with a life-long infatuation of the czarina attempts to save her from her brutal Polish husband.
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- Directors
- Vladimir Khotinenko
- Production companies
- Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematograph, Renova-Media, Golden Eagle, Central Partnership, Studio Trite
- Countries
- Russia
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 12,000,000
Top Cast
Pyotr KislovAndrei
Artur SmolyaninovKostka
Michał ŻebrowskiJan Skrzetuski
Violetta DavydovskayaKseniya Godunova
Mikhail PorechenkovPrince Dmitri Pozharsky
Aleksandr BaluevBrigand Osina
Marat BasharovMilitary commander Navoloka
Ramón LangaAlvar
Aleksandr SamoylenkoMordan
Valeriy ZolotukhinStylite
Sergey Taramaev
Dmitriy MukhamadeevMute
Victor ShamirovLavitskiy
Daniil SpivakovskiyStyopka Podkova
Dmitri UlyanovFalse Dmitri I
Gabriele Ferzetti
Igor Sigov
Aleksandr Andrienko
Evgeniy Kulakov
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