Poor, Poor Pavel
movie
Released June 21, 2003
Genres:
Overview
Lenfilm's most recent major production spins a kind of historical fantasy based on real incidents that's full of ominous implications for today. One night, a patrol rushes into the chambers of the Russian prince Pavel, son of the Empress Catherine; the Empress has died, and Pavel is to be anointed the new Tsar. Thought to be feeble-minded at best and crazy at worst, Pavel soon lives up to his enemies' fears: he dismisses long-serving courtiers, demands that peasants only work three days a week, and declares that state officials should start their days at 5 am. Soon, it seems that everyone who can is trying to hatch some kind of plot against him - including his own sons. Sumptuously designed, POOR POOR PAVEL constrasts the imperial splendor of the court with the sordid atmosphere of conspiracies and backstabbing that comes to define these characters' lives.
Cast
Viktor Sukhorukov
as
Emperor Pavel the First
Oleg Yankovskiy
as
Count Palen
Oksana Mysina
as
Empress Mariya Fyodorovna
Aleksey Barabash
as
Aleksandr
Anna Molchanova
as
Yelizaveta
Yuliya Mavrina
as
Lopukhina
Igor Shibanov
as
Kutaisov
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Yevgeni Karpov
as
Konstantin
Vadim Lobanov
as
Bezborodko
Vera Karpova
as
Baroness Livsi
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Aleksandr Grigoryants
as
Brenna
Dmitriy Sutyrin
as
Yashvil
Crew
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Dmitry Merezhkovski
as
Original Story
Sergey Astakhov
as
Director of Photography
Vitaliy Melnikov
as
Writer
Andrey Petrov
as
Music
Andrei Zertsalov
as
Producer
Aleksandr Zagoskin
as
Production Design
Vitaliy Melnikov
as
Director
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Aleksey Molochnik
as
Assistant Director
Valery Revich
as
Additional Director of Photography
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Sergei Shults
as
Additional Director of Photography
Larisa Konnikova
as
Costume Design
Nikolay Pavlyuk
as
Stunt Coordinator